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FL S0240
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Criminal Justice
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AI Summary
- Requires the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to conduct a feasibility study on creating a web-based 911 alert system for victims of domestic violence and dating violence, with features including unique phone numbers, user-generated codes, and real-time data-sharing with law enforcement
- Feasibility study results must be reported to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 31, 2026
- Expands the Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program, currently available only to domestic violence victims, to also cover victims of dating violence, allowing them to use a substitute mailing address to keep their location confidential
- Defines "dating violence" as assault, battery, sexual assault, stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or other criminal offenses resulting in physical injury or death committed by someone with a continuing romantic or intimate relationship with the victim
- Takes effect July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence
Last Action
Died in Fiscal Policy
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy4/11/2025
Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice4/3/2025
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