CS for SB 150 – Public Safety (Florida, 2023)

• Allows individuals who meet the eligibility criteria for a concealed weapon or concealed firearm license under s. 790.06 to carry concealed without actually obtaining a license ("permitless carry"), provided they carry valid identification and display it upon law enforcement demand; violation of the ID requirement is a $25 noncriminal fine

• Persons carrying concealed without a license remain subject to the same location restrictions as licensed carriers (e.g., no carry in courthouses, schools, polling places, government meetings, airports) and the state bears the burden of proving both that the person is unlicensed and ineligible for a license in any prosecution

• Requires every Florida law enforcement agency to adopt a written active assailant response policy by October 1, 2023, with mandatory annual training for all sworn personnel, and requires the Department of Law Enforcement to report noncompliant agencies by January 1, 2024

• Redesignates school "threat assessment teams" as "threat management teams," requires the Office of Safe Schools to develop a statewide behavioral threat management process by December 1, 2023, a Florida-specific threat assessment instrument by August 1, 2023, and a digital threat management portal by August 1, 2025

• Appropriates approximately $60.2 million for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, including $42 million for school hardening grants, $12 million for a threat management portal, $1.5 million for law enforcement firearm safety training grants, and $1.6 million for Office of Safe Schools staffing and infrastructure