Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 86 By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Burgess 591-02122-25 202586c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to peer support for first responders; 3 amending s. 111.09, F.S.; revising the definition of 4 the term first responder to include specified 5 support personnel for the provision of peer support; 6 providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 11 111.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 111.09Peer support for first responders. 13 (1)For purposes of this section, the term: 14 (b)First responder has the same meaning as provided in 15 s. 112.1815 and includes 911 public safety telecommunicators as 16 defined in s. 401.465, correctional officers as defined in s. 17 943.10(2),andcorrectional probation officers as defined in s. 18 943.10(3), and support personnel as defined in s. 943.10(11), 19 who are involved in investigating a crime scene or collecting or 20 processing evidence. 21 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.