Bill Summary

SB 1554 Public Safety (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Collins
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Summary
Public Safety; Citing this act as the “Florida First Responder and Florida Public Safety Act”; establishing a Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Unit within the Department of Law Enforcement; prohibiting first responder employment discrimination; providing for a unified 911 system for every county-level first responder agency by a specified date; requiring a 911 call center to dispatch the closest unit to an emergency regardless of jurisdiction; creating the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2025
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committees of reference
» S Criminal Justice
   S Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
   S Fiscal Policy
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Actions
02/27/25
SENATE
Filed
03/06/25
SENATE
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
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bill text & filed amendments
1554
Filed on 02/27/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
20.03
20.201
111.09
111.11
112.1815
365.171
365.1795
937.021
937.022
943.0322
943.131
943.1714
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