Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 150
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/10/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Collins) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (1) and (4) of section 27.53,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         27.53 Appointment of assistants and other staff; method of
    8  payment.—
    9         (1) The public defender of each judicial circuit is
   10  authorized to employ and establish, in such numbers as
   11  authorized by the General Appropriations Act, assistant public
   12  defenders and other staff and personnel pursuant to s. 29.006,
   13  who shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose.
   14  Notwithstanding ss. 790.01 and 790.02, the provisions of s.
   15  790.01, s. 790.02, or s. 790.25(2)(a), an investigator employed
   16  by a public defender, while actually carrying out official
   17  duties, is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed
   18  firearm weapons if the investigator complies with s.
   19  790.25(2)(o) s. 790.25(3)(o). However, such investigators are
   20  not eligible for membership in the Special Risk Class of the
   21  Florida Retirement System. The public defenders of all judicial
   22  circuits shall jointly develop a coordinated classification and
   23  pay plan which shall be submitted on or before January 1 of each
   24  year to the Justice Administrative Commission, the office of the
   25  President of the Senate, and the office of the Speaker of the
   26  House of Representatives. Such plan shall be developed in
   27  accordance with policies and procedures of the Executive Office
   28  of the Governor established in s. 216.181. Each assistant public
   29  defender appointed by a public defender under this section shall
   30  serve at the pleasure of the public defender. Each investigator
   31  employed by a public defender shall have full authority to serve
   32  any witness subpoena or court order issued, by any court or
   33  judge within the judicial circuit served by such public
   34  defender, in a criminal case in which such public defender has
   35  been appointed to represent the accused.
   36         (4) The five criminal conflict and civil regional counsels
   37  may employ and establish, in the numbers authorized by the
   38  General Appropriations Act, assistant regional counsels and
   39  other staff and personnel in each judicial district pursuant to
   40  s. 29.006, who shall be paid from funds appropriated for that
   41  purpose. Notwithstanding ss. 790.01 and 790.02, s. 790.01, s.
   42  790.02, or s. 790.25(2)(a), an investigator employed by an
   43  office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, while
   44  actually carrying out official duties, is authorized to carry a
   45  concealed weapon or concealed firearm weapons if the
   46  investigator complies with s. 790.25(2)(o) s. 790.25(3)(o).
   47  However, such investigators are not eligible for membership in
   48  the Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System. The
   49  five regional counsels shall jointly develop a coordinated
   50  classification and pay plan for submission to the Justice
   51  Administrative Commission, the President of the Senate, and the
   52  Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1 of each
   53  year. The plan must be developed in accordance with policies and
   54  procedures of the Executive Office of the Governor established
   55  in s. 216.181. Each assistant regional counsel appointed by the
   56  regional counsel under this section shall serve at the pleasure
   57  of the regional counsel. Each investigator employed by the
   58  regional counsel shall have full authority to serve any witness
   59  subpoena or court order issued by any court or judge in a
   60  criminal case in which the regional counsel has been appointed
   61  to represent the accused.
   62         Section 2. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section
   63  30.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   64         30.15 Powers, duties, and obligations.—
   65         (1) Sheriffs, in their respective counties, in person or by
   66  deputy, shall:
   67         (k) Assist district school boards and charter school
   68  governing boards in complying with, or private schools in
   69  exercising options in, s. 1006.12. A sheriff must, at a minimum,
   70  provide access to a Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program to aid in
   71  the prevention or abatement of active assailant incidents on
   72  school premises, as required under this paragraph. Persons
   73  certified as school guardians pursuant to this paragraph have no
   74  authority to act in any law enforcement capacity except to the
   75  extent necessary to prevent or abate an active assailant
   76  incident.
   77         1.a. If a local school board has voted by a majority to
   78  implement a guardian program, the sheriff in that county shall
   79  establish a guardian program to provide training, pursuant to
   80  subparagraph 2., to school district, or charter school, or
   81  private school employees, either directly or through a contract
   82  with another sheriff’s office that has established a guardian
   83  program.
   84         b. A charter school governing board in a school district
   85  that has not voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian
   86  program may request the sheriff in the county to establish a
   87  guardian program for the purpose of training the charter school
   88  employees. If the county sheriff denies the request, the charter
   89  school governing board may contract with a sheriff that has
   90  established a guardian program to provide such training. The
   91  charter school governing board must notify the superintendent
   92  and the sheriff in the charter school’s county of the contract
   93  prior to its execution.
   94         c. A private school in a school district that has not
   95  voted, or has declined, to implement a guardian program may
   96  request that the sheriff in the county of the private school
   97  establish a guardian program for the purpose of training private
   98  school employees. If the county sheriff denies the request, the
   99  private school may contract with a sheriff from another county
  100  who has established a guardian program to provide such training.
  101  The private school must notify the sheriff in the private
  102  school’s county of the contract with a sheriff from another
  103  county before its execution. The private school is responsible
  104  for all training costs for a school guardian program. The
  105  sheriff providing such training must ensure that any moneys paid
  106  by a private school are not commingled with any funds provided
  107  by the state to the sheriff as reimbursement for screening
  108  related and training-related costs of any school district or
  109  charter school employee.
  110         d. The training program required in sub-subparagraph 2.b.
  111  is a standardized statewide curriculum, and each sheriff
  112  providing such training shall adhere to the course of
  113  instruction specified in that sub-subparagraph. This
  114  subparagraph does not prohibit a sheriff from providing
  115  additional training. A school guardian who has completed the
  116  training program required in sub-subparagraph 2.b. may not be
  117  required to attend another sheriff’s training program pursuant
  118  to that sub-subparagraph unless there has been at least a 1-year
  119  break in his or her employment as a guardian.
  120         e. The sheriff conducting the training pursuant to
  121  subparagraph 2. will be reimbursed for screening-related and
  122  training-related costs and for providing a one-time stipend of
  123  $500 to each school guardian who participates in the school
  124  guardian program.
  125         2. A sheriff who establishes a program shall consult with
  126  the Department of Law Enforcement on programmatic guiding
  127  principles, practices, and resources, and shall certify as
  128  school guardians, without the power of arrest, school employees,
  129  as specified in s. 1006.12(3), who:
  130         a. Hold a valid license issued under s. 790.06.
  131         b. Complete a 144-hour training program, consisting of 12
  132  hours of certified nationally recognized diversity training and
  133  132 total hours of comprehensive firearm safety and proficiency
  134  training conducted by Criminal Justice Standards and Training
  135  Commission-certified instructors, which must include:
  136         (I) Eighty hours of firearms instruction based on the
  137  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission’s Law
  138  Enforcement Academy training model, which must include at least
  139  10 percent but no more than 20 percent more rounds fired than
  140  associated with academy training. Program participants must
  141  achieve an 85 percent pass rate on the firearms training.
  142         (II) Sixteen hours of instruction in precision pistol.
  143         (III) Eight hours of discretionary shooting instruction
  144  using state-of-the-art simulator exercises.
  145         (IV) Sixteen Eight hours of instruction in active shooter
  146  or assailant scenarios.
  147         (V) Eight hours of instruction in defensive tactics.
  148         (VI) Four Twelve hours of instruction in legal issues.
  149         c. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a
  150  psychologist licensed under chapter 490 and designated by the
  151  Department of Law Enforcement and submit the results of the
  152  evaluation to the sheriff’s office. The Department of Law
  153  Enforcement is authorized to provide the sheriff’s office with
  154  mental health and substance abuse data for compliance with this
  155  paragraph.
  156         d. Submit to and pass an initial drug test and subsequent
  157  random drug tests in accordance with the requirements of s.
  158  112.0455 and the sheriff’s office.
  159         e. Successfully complete ongoing training, weapon
  160  inspection, and firearm qualification on at least an annual
  161  basis.
  162  
  163  The sheriff who conducts the guardian training shall issue a
  164  school guardian certificate to individuals who meet the
  165  requirements of this section to the satisfaction of the sheriff,
  166  and shall maintain documentation of weapon and equipment
  167  inspections, as well as the training, certification, inspection,
  168  and qualification records of each school guardian certified by
  169  the sheriff. An individual who is certified under this paragraph
  170  may serve as a school guardian under s. 1006.12(3) only if he or
  171  she is appointed by the applicable school district
  172  superintendent, or charter school principal, or private school
  173  head of school.
  174         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section
  175  768.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  176         768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions;
  177  recovery limits; civil liability for damages caused during a
  178  riot; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations;
  179  exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs.—
  180         (9)
  181         (b) As used in this subsection, the term:
  182         1. “Employee” includes any volunteer firefighter.
  183         2. “Officer, employee, or agent” includes, but is not
  184  limited to, any health care provider when providing services
  185  pursuant to s. 766.1115; any nonprofit independent college or
  186  university located and chartered in this state which owns or
  187  operates an accredited medical school, and its employees or
  188  agents, when providing patient services pursuant to paragraph
  189  (10)(f); any public defender or her or his employee or agent,
  190  including an assistant public defender or an investigator; and
  191  any member of a Child Protection Team, as defined in s. 39.01,
  192  or any member of a threat management team, as described in s.
  193  1006.07(7) s. 39.01(13), when carrying out her or his duties as
  194  a team member under the control, direction, and supervision of
  195  the state or any of its agencies or subdivisions.
  196         Section 4. Section 790.001, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  197  read:
  198         790.001 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, except where
  199  the context otherwise requires:
  200         (2)(1) “Antique firearm” means any firearm manufactured in
  201  or before 1918 (including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion
  202  cap, or similar early type of ignition system) or replica
  203  thereof, whether actually manufactured before or after the year
  204  1918, and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured
  205  in or before 1918, for which ammunition is no longer
  206  manufactured in the United States and is not readily available
  207  in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
  208         (3)(2) “Concealed firearm” means any firearm, as defined in
  209  subsection (9) (6), which is carried on or about a person in
  210  such a manner as to conceal the firearm from the ordinary sight
  211  of another person.
  212         (4)(3)(a) “Concealed weapon” means any dirk, metallic
  213  knuckles, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or
  214  other deadly weapon carried on or about a person in such a
  215  manner as to conceal the weapon from the ordinary sight of
  216  another person.
  217         (b) “Tear gas gun” or “chemical weapon or device” means any
  218  weapon of such nature, except a device known as a “self-defense
  219  chemical spray.” “Self-defense chemical spray” means a device
  220  carried solely for purposes of lawful self-defense that is
  221  compact in size, designed to be carried on or about the person,
  222  and contains not more than two ounces of chemical.
  223         (6)(4) “Destructive device” means any bomb, grenade, mine,
  224  rocket, missile, pipebomb, or similar device containing an
  225  explosive, incendiary, or poison gas and includes any frangible
  226  container filled with an explosive, incendiary, explosive gas,
  227  or expanding gas, which is designed or so constructed as to
  228  explode by such filler and is capable of causing bodily harm or
  229  property damage; any combination of parts either designed or
  230  intended for use in converting any device into a destructive
  231  device and from which a destructive device may be readily
  232  assembled; any device declared a destructive device by the
  233  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; any type of weapon
  234  which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel
  235  a projectile by the action of any explosive and which has a
  236  barrel with a bore of one-half inch or more in diameter; and
  237  ammunition for such destructive devices, but not including
  238  shotgun shells or any other ammunition designed for use in a
  239  firearm other than a destructive device. “Destructive device”
  240  does not include:
  241         (a) A device which is not designed, redesigned, used, or
  242  intended for use as a weapon;
  243         (b) Any device, although originally designed as a weapon,
  244  which is redesigned so that it may be used solely as a
  245  signaling, line-throwing, safety, or similar device;
  246         (c) Any shotgun other than a short-barreled shotgun; or
  247         (d) Any nonautomatic rifle (other than a short-barreled
  248  rifle) generally recognized or particularly suitable for use for
  249  the hunting of big game.
  250         (8)(5) “Explosive” means any chemical compound or mixture
  251  that has the property of yielding readily to combustion or
  252  oxidation upon application of heat, flame, or shock, including
  253  but not limited to dynamite, nitroglycerin, trinitrotoluene, or
  254  ammonium nitrate when combined with other ingredients to form an
  255  explosive mixture, blasting caps, and detonators; but not
  256  including:
  257         (a) Shotgun shells, cartridges, or ammunition for firearms;
  258         (b) Fireworks as defined in s. 791.01;
  259         (c) Smokeless propellant powder or small arms ammunition
  260  primers, if possessed, purchased, sold, transported, or used in
  261  compliance with s. 552.241;
  262         (d) Black powder in quantities not to exceed that
  263  authorized by chapter 552, or by any rules adopted thereunder by
  264  the Department of Financial Services, when used for, or intended
  265  to be used for, the manufacture of target and sporting
  266  ammunition or for use in muzzle-loading flint or percussion
  267  weapons.
  268  
  269  The exclusions contained in paragraphs (a)-(d) do not apply to
  270  the term “explosive” as used in the definition of “firearm” in
  271  subsection (9) (6).
  272         (9)(6) “Firearm” means any weapon (including a starter gun)
  273  which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel
  274  a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or
  275  receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm
  276  silencer; any destructive device; or any machine gun. The term
  277  “firearm” does not include an antique firearm unless the antique
  278  firearm is used in the commission of a crime.
  279         (11)(7) “Indictment” means an indictment or an information
  280  in any court under which a crime punishable by imprisonment for
  281  a term exceeding 1 year may be prosecuted.
  282         (12)(8) “Law enforcement officer” means:
  283         (a) All officers or employees of the United States or the
  284  State of Florida, or any agency, commission, department, board,
  285  division, municipality, or subdivision thereof, who have
  286  authority to make arrests;
  287         (b) Officers or employees of the United States or the State
  288  of Florida, or any agency, commission, department, board,
  289  division, municipality, or subdivision thereof, duly authorized
  290  to carry a concealed weapon;
  291         (c) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the
  292  organized reserves, state militia, or Florida National Guard,
  293  when on duty, when preparing themselves for, or going to or
  294  from, military duty, or under orders;
  295         (d) An employee of the state prisons or correctional
  296  systems who has been so designated by the Department of
  297  Corrections or by a warden of an institution;
  298         (e) All peace officers;
  299         (f) All state attorneys and United States attorneys and
  300  their respective assistants and investigators.
  301         (13)(9) “Machine gun” means any firearm, as defined herein,
  302  which shoots, or is designed to shoot, automatically more than
  303  one shot, without manually reloading, by a single function of
  304  the trigger.
  305         (10) “Handgun” means a firearm capable of being carried and
  306  used by one hand, such as a pistol or revolver.
  307         (17)(10) “Short-barreled shotgun” means a shotgun having
  308  one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon
  309  made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or
  310  otherwise) if such weapon as modified has an overall length of
  311  less than 26 inches.
  312         (16)(11) “Short-barreled rifle” means a rifle having one or
  313  more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made
  314  from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise)
  315  if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26
  316  inches.
  317         (18)(12) “Slungshot” means a small mass of metal, stone,
  318  sand, or similar material fixed on a flexible handle, strap, or
  319  the like, used as a weapon.
  320         (20)(13) “Weapon” means any dirk, knife, metallic knuckles,
  321  slungshot, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or
  322  other deadly weapon except a firearm or a common pocketknife,
  323  plastic knife, or blunt-bladed table knife.
  324         (7)(14) “Electric weapon or device” means any device which,
  325  through the application or use of electrical current, is
  326  designed, redesigned, used, or intended to be used for offensive
  327  or defensive purposes, the destruction of life, or the
  328  infliction of injury.
  329         (5)(15) “Dart-firing stun gun” means any device having one
  330  or more darts that are capable of delivering an electrical
  331  current.
  332         (14)(16) “Readily accessible for immediate use” means that
  333  a firearm or other weapon is carried on the person or within
  334  such close proximity and in such a manner that it can be
  335  retrieved and used as easily and quickly as if carried on the
  336  person.
  337         (15)(17) “Securely encased” means in a glove compartment,
  338  whether or not locked; snapped in a holster; in a gun case,
  339  whether or not locked; in a zippered gun case; or in a closed
  340  box or container which requires a lid or cover to be opened for
  341  access.
  342         (19)(18) “Sterile area” means the area of an airport to
  343  which access is controlled by the inspection of persons and
  344  property in accordance with federally approved airport security
  345  programs.
  346         (1)(19) “Ammunition” means an object consisting of all of
  347  the following:
  348         (a) A fixed metallic or nonmetallic hull or casing
  349  containing a primer.
  350         (b) One or more projectiles, one or more bullets, or shot.
  351         (c) Gunpowder.
  352  
  353  All of the specified components must be present for an object to
  354  be ammunition.
  355         Section 5. Section 790.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  356  read:
  357         790.01 Unlicensed Carrying of concealed weapons or
  358  concealed firearms.—
  359         (1) A person is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or
  360  concealed firearm, as that term is defined in s. 790.06(1), if
  361  he or she:
  362         (a) Is licensed under s. 790.06; or
  363         (b) Is not licensed under s. 790.06, but otherwise
  364  satisfies the criteria for receiving and maintaining such a
  365  license under s. 790.06(2)(a)–(f) and (i)–(n), (3), and (10).
  366         (2)(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) (3), a person
  367  who does not meet the criteria in subsection (1) is not licensed
  368  under s. 790.06 and who carries a concealed weapon or electric
  369  weapon or device, as those terms are defined in s. 790.001, on
  370  or about his or her person commits a misdemeanor of the first
  371  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  372         (3)(2) Except as provided in subsection (5) (3), a person
  373  who does not meet the criteria in subsection (1) is not licensed
  374  under s. 790.06 and who carries a concealed firearm, as that
  375  term is defined in s. 790.001, on or about his or her person
  376  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
  377  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  378         (4) In any prosecution for a violation of subsection (2) or
  379  subsection (3), the state bears the burden of proving, as an
  380  element of the offense, both that a person is not licensed under
  381  s. 790.06 and that he or she is ineligible to receive and
  382  maintain such a license under the criteria listed in s.
  383  790.06(2)(a)-(f) and (i)-(n), (3), and (10).
  384         (5)(3) A person does not violate this section if he or she
  385  This section does not apply to:
  386         (a) Is lawfully in possession of A person who carries a
  387  concealed weapon or a concealed firearm, as those terms are
  388  defined in s. 790.001, or a person who may lawfully possess a
  389  firearm and who carries such a concealed weapon or concealed
  390  firearm, on or about his or her person while in the act of
  391  evacuating during a mandatory evacuation order issued during a
  392  state of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to chapter
  393  252 or declared by a local authority pursuant to chapter 870. As
  394  used in this subsection, the term “in the act of evacuating”
  395  means the immediate and urgent movement of a person away from
  396  the evacuation zone within 48 hours after a mandatory evacuation
  397  is ordered. The 48 hours may be extended by an order issued by
  398  the Governor.
  399         (b) A person who Carries for purposes of lawful self
  400  defense, in a concealed manner:
  401         1. A self-defense chemical spray.
  402         2. A nonlethal stun gun or dart-firing stun gun or other
  403  nonlethal electric weapon or device that is designed solely for
  404  defensive purposes.
  405         (6)(4) This section does not preclude any prosecution for
  406  the use of an electric weapon or device, a dart-firing stun gun,
  407  or a self-defense chemical spray during the commission of any
  408  criminal offense under s. 790.07, s. 790.10, s. 790.23, or s.
  409  790.235, or for any other criminal offense.
  410         Section 6. Section 790.013, Florida Statutes, is created to
  411  read:
  412         790.013 Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms
  413  without a license.—A person who carries a concealed weapon or
  414  concealed firearm without a license as authorized under s.
  415  790.01(1)(b):
  416         (1)(a) Must carry valid identification at all times when he
  417  or she is in actual possession of a concealed weapon or
  418  concealed firearm and must display such identification upon
  419  demand by a law enforcement officer.
  420         (b) A violation of this subsection is a noncriminal
  421  violation punishable by a $25 fine, payable to the clerk of the
  422  court.
  423         (2) Is subject to s. 790.06(12) in the same manner as a
  424  person who is licensed to carry a concealed weapon or concealed
  425  firearm.
  426         Section 7. Section 790.015, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  427  read:
  428         790.015 Nonresidents who are United States citizens and
  429  hold a concealed weapons license in another state; reciprocity.—
  430         (1) Notwithstanding s. 790.01, A nonresident of Florida may
  431  carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm, as that term is
  432  defined in s. 790.06(1), while in this state if the nonresident
  433  is a resident of the United States who is 21 years of age or
  434  older and he or she:
  435         (a) Satisfies the criteria for receiving and maintaining a
  436  license to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm under
  437  s. 790.06(2)(a)–(f) and (i)–(n), (3), and (10); or
  438         (a) Is 21 years of age or older.
  439         (b) Has in his or her immediate possession a valid license
  440  to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm issued to the
  441  nonresident in his or her state of residence.
  442         (c) Is a resident of the United States.
  443         (2) A nonresident is subject to the same laws and
  444  restrictions with respect to carrying a concealed weapon or
  445  concealed firearm as a resident of Florida who is so licensed.
  446         (3) If the resident of another state who is the holder of a
  447  valid license to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm
  448  issued in another state establishes legal residence in this
  449  state by:
  450         (a) Registering to vote;
  451         (b) Making a statement of domicile pursuant to s. 222.17;
  452  or
  453         (c) Filing for homestead tax exemption on property in this
  454  state,
  455  
  456  the license shall be recognized as valid remain in effect for 90
  457  days following the date on which the holder of the license
  458  establishes legal state residence.
  459         (4) This section applies only to nonresident concealed
  460  weapon or concealed firearm licenseholders from states that
  461  honor Florida concealed weapon or concealed firearm licenses.
  462         (4)(5) The requirement in subsection (1) that a nonresident
  463  be 21 years of age or older to carry a concealed weapon or
  464  concealed firearm of paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a person
  465  who:
  466         (a) Is a servicemember, as defined in s. 250.01; or
  467         (b) Is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces who was
  468  discharged under honorable conditions.
  469         Section 8. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
  470  790.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  471         790.052 Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law
  472  enforcement officers.—
  473         (1)
  474         (d) This section does not limit the right of a law
  475  enforcement officer, correctional officer, or correctional
  476  probation officer to carry a concealed firearm off duty as a
  477  private citizen under the exemption provided in s. 790.06 that
  478  allows a law enforcement officer, correctional officer, or
  479  correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2),
  480  (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) to carry a concealed firearm without
  481  a concealed weapon or concealed firearm license or as otherwise
  482  provided by law. The appointing or employing agency or
  483  department of an officer carrying a concealed firearm as a
  484  private citizen is under s. 790.06 shall not be liable for the
  485  use of the firearm in such capacity. This section does not limit
  486  Nothing herein limits the authority of the appointing or
  487  employing agency or department from establishing policies
  488  limiting law enforcement officers or correctional officers from
  489  carrying concealed firearms during off-duty hours in their
  490  capacity as appointees or employees of the agency or department.
  491         Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 790.053, Florida
  492  Statutes, is amended to read:
  493         790.053 Open carrying of weapons.—
  494         (1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection
  495  (2), it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about
  496  his or her person any firearm or electric weapon or device. It
  497  is not a violation of this section for a person who carries
  498  licensed to carry a concealed firearm as authorized provided in
  499  s. 790.01(1) s. 790.06(1), and who is lawfully carrying a
  500  firearm in a concealed manner, to briefly and openly display the
  501  firearm to the ordinary sight of another person, unless the
  502  firearm is intentionally displayed in an angry or threatening
  503  manner, not in necessary self-defense.
  504         Section 10. Subsection (1), paragraphs (g) and (h) of
  505  subsection (2), paragraph (e) of subsection (4), paragraph (b)
  506  of subsection (5), paragraph (f) of subsection (6), and
  507  subsections (9), (10), (12), (13), and (16) of section 790.06,
  508  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  509         790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or concealed
  510  firearm.—
  511         (1)(a) For the purposes of this section, the term
  512  “concealed weapon or concealed firearm” means a handgun,
  513  electric weapon or device, tear gas gun, knife, or billie, but
  514  does not include a machine gun as that term is defined in s.
  515  790.001.
  516         (b) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is
  517  authorized to issue licenses to carry concealed weapons or
  518  concealed firearms to persons qualified as provided in this
  519  section. Each such license must bear a color photograph of the
  520  licensee. For the purposes of this section, concealed weapons or
  521  concealed firearms are defined as a handgun, electronic weapon
  522  or device, tear gas gun, knife, or billie, but the term does not
  523  include a machine gun as defined in s. 790.001(9).
  524         (c) Such Licenses are shall be valid throughout the state
  525  for a period of 7 years after from the date of issuance. A
  526  licensee must carry Any person in compliance with the terms of
  527  such license may carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm
  528  notwithstanding the provisions of s. 790.01. The licensee must
  529  carry the license, together with valid identification, at all
  530  times in which the licensee is in actual possession of a
  531  concealed weapon or concealed firearm and must display such both
  532  the license and proper identification upon demand by a law
  533  enforcement officer. Violations of the provisions of this
  534  subsection shall constitute a noncriminal violation with a
  535  penalty of $25, payable to the clerk of the court.
  536         (2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  537  shall issue a license if the applicant:
  538         (g) Desires a legal means to carry a concealed weapon or
  539  concealed firearm for lawful self-defense;
  540         (h) Demonstrates competence with a firearm by any one of
  541  the following:
  542         1. Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety
  543  course approved by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  544  or a similar agency of another state;
  545         2. Completion of any National Rifle Association firearms
  546  safety or training course;
  547         3. Completion of any firearms safety or training course or
  548  class available to the general public offered by a law
  549  enforcement agency, junior college, college, or private or
  550  public institution or organization or firearms training school,
  551  using instructors certified by the National Rifle Association,
  552  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, or the
  553  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
  554         4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or
  555  training course or class offered for security guards,
  556  investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision
  557  of a law enforcement agency or security enforcement;
  558         5. Presents evidence of equivalent experience with a
  559  firearm through participation in organized shooting competition
  560  or military service;
  561         6. Is licensed or has been licensed to carry a concealed
  562  weapon or concealed firearm in this state or a county or
  563  municipality of this state, unless such license has been revoked
  564  for cause; or
  565         7. Completion of any firearms training or safety course or
  566  class conducted by a state-certified or National Rifle
  567  Association certified firearms instructor;
  568  
  569  A photocopy of a certificate of completion of any of the courses
  570  or classes; an affidavit from the instructor, school, club,
  571  organization, or group that conducted or taught such course or
  572  class attesting to the completion of the course or class by the
  573  applicant; or a copy of any document that shows completion of
  574  the course or class or evidences participation in firearms
  575  competition shall constitute evidence of qualification under
  576  this paragraph. A person who conducts a course pursuant to
  577  subparagraph 2., subparagraph 3., or subparagraph 7., or who, as
  578  an instructor, attests to the completion of such courses, must
  579  maintain records certifying that he or she observed the student
  580  safely handle and discharge the firearm in his or her physical
  581  presence and that the discharge of the firearm included live
  582  fire using a firearm and ammunition as defined in s. 790.001;
  583         (4) The application shall be completed, under oath, on a
  584  form adopted by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  585  Services and shall include:
  586         (e) A statement that the applicant desires a concealed
  587  weapon or concealed firearms license as a means of lawful self
  588  defense; and
  589         (5) The applicant shall submit to the Department of
  590  Agriculture and Consumer Services or an approved tax collector
  591  pursuant to s. 790.0625:
  592         (b) A nonrefundable license fee of up to $55 if he or she
  593  has not previously been issued a statewide license or of up to
  594  $45 for renewal of a statewide license. The cost of processing
  595  fingerprints as required in paragraph (c) shall be borne by the
  596  applicant. However, an individual holding an active
  597  certification from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training
  598  Commission as a law enforcement officer, correctional officer,
  599  or correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(1),
  600  (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) is exempt from the licensing
  601  requirements of this section. If such individual wishes to
  602  receive a concealed weapon or concealed firearm license, he or
  603  she is exempt from the background investigation and all
  604  background investigation fees but must pay the current license
  605  fees regularly required to be paid by nonexempt applicants.
  606  Further, a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a
  607  correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2),
  608  or (3) is exempt from the required fees and background
  609  investigation for 1 year after his or her retirement.
  610         (6)
  611         (f) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  612  shall, upon receipt of a completed application and the
  613  identifying information required under paragraph (5)(f),
  614  expedite the processing of a servicemember’s or a veteran’s
  615  concealed weapon or concealed firearm license application.
  616         (9) In the event that a concealed weapon or concealed
  617  firearm license is lost or destroyed, the license shall be
  618  automatically invalid, and the person to whom the same was
  619  issued may, upon payment of $15 to the Department of Agriculture
  620  and Consumer Services, obtain a duplicate, or substitute
  621  thereof, upon furnishing a notarized statement to the Department
  622  of Agriculture and Consumer Services that such license has been
  623  lost or destroyed.
  624         (10) A license issued under this section shall be suspended
  625  or revoked pursuant to chapter 120 if the licensee:
  626         (a) Is found to be ineligible under the criteria set forth
  627  in subsection (2);
  628         (b) Develops or sustains a physical infirmity which
  629  prevents the safe handling of a weapon or firearm;
  630         (c) Is convicted of a felony which would make the licensee
  631  ineligible to possess a firearm pursuant to s. 790.23;
  632         (d) Is found guilty of a crime under the provisions of
  633  chapter 893, or similar laws of any other state, relating to
  634  controlled substances;
  635         (e) Is committed as a substance abuser under chapter 397,
  636  or is deemed a habitual offender under s. 856.011(3), or similar
  637  laws of any other state;
  638         (f) Is convicted of a second violation of s. 316.193, or a
  639  similar law of another state, within 3 years after a first
  640  conviction of such section or similar law of another state, even
  641  though the first violation may have occurred before the date on
  642  which the application was submitted;
  643         (g) Is adjudicated an incapacitated person under s.
  644  744.331, or similar laws of any other state; or
  645         (h) Is committed to a mental institution under chapter 394,
  646  or similar laws of any other state.
  647  
  648  Notwithstanding s. 120.60(5), service of a notice of the
  649  suspension or revocation of a concealed weapon or concealed
  650  firearm license must be given by either certified mail, return
  651  receipt requested, to the licensee at his or her last known
  652  mailing address furnished to the Department of Agriculture and
  653  Consumer Services, or by personal service. If a notice given by
  654  certified mail is returned as undeliverable, a second attempt
  655  must be made to provide notice to the licensee at that address,
  656  by either first-class mail in an envelope, postage prepaid,
  657  addressed to the licensee at his or her last known mailing
  658  address furnished to the department, or, if the licensee has
  659  provided an e-mail address to the department, by e-mail. Such
  660  mailing by the department constitutes notice, and any failure by
  661  the licensee to receive such notice does not stay the effective
  662  date or term of the suspension or revocation. A request for
  663  hearing must be filed with the department within 21 days after
  664  notice is received by personal delivery, or within 26 days after
  665  the date the department deposits the notice in the United States
  666  mail (21 days plus 5 days for mailing). The department shall
  667  document its attempts to provide notice, and such documentation
  668  is admissible in the courts of this state and constitutes
  669  sufficient proof that notice was given.
  670         (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
  671  authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
  672  concealed weapon or concealed firearm into:
  673         1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
  674         2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
  675         3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
  676         4. Any courthouse;
  677         5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section
  678  precludes would preclude a judge from carrying a concealed
  679  weapon or concealed firearm or determining who will carry a
  680  concealed weapon or concealed firearm in his or her courtroom;
  681         6. Any polling place;
  682         7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
  683  school district, municipality, or special district;
  684         8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
  685         9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event not
  686  related to firearms;
  687         10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or
  688  administration building;
  689         11. Any career center;
  690         12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense
  691  alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which
  692  portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such
  693  purpose;
  694         13. Any college or university facility unless the licensee
  695  is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such
  696  college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal
  697  electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes
  698  and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile;
  699         14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile area
  700  of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from
  701  carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is
  702  encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as
  703  baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or
  704         15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited
  705  by federal law.
  706         (b) A person licensed under this section is shall not be
  707  prohibited from carrying or storing a firearm in a vehicle for
  708  lawful purposes.
  709         (c) This section does not modify the terms or conditions of
  710  s. 790.251(7).
  711         (d) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any
  712  provision of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second
  713  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
  714         (13) Notwithstanding any other law, for the purposes of
  715  safety, security, personal protection, or any other lawful
  716  purpose, a person licensed under this section may carry a
  717  concealed weapon or concealed firearm on property owned, rented,
  718  leased, borrowed, or lawfully used by a church, synagogue, or
  719  other religious institution. This subsection does not limit the
  720  private property rights of a church, synagogue, or other
  721  religious institution to exercise control over property that the
  722  church, synagogue, or other religious institution owns, rents,
  723  leases, borrows, or lawfully uses.
  724         (16) The Legislature finds as a matter of public policy and
  725  fact that it is necessary to provide statewide uniform standards
  726  for issuing licenses to carry concealed weapons and concealed
  727  firearms for self-defense and finds it necessary to occupy the
  728  field of regulation of the bearing of concealed weapons or
  729  concealed firearms for self-defense to ensure that no honest,
  730  law-abiding person who qualifies under the provisions of this
  731  section is subjectively or arbitrarily denied his or her rights.
  732  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall
  733  implement and administer the provisions of this section. The
  734  Legislature does not delegate to the Department of Agriculture
  735  and Consumer Services the authority to regulate or restrict the
  736  issuing of licenses provided for in this section, beyond those
  737  provisions contained in this section. Subjective or arbitrary
  738  actions or rules which encumber the issuing process by placing
  739  burdens on the applicant beyond those sworn statements and
  740  specified documents detailed in this section or which create
  741  restrictions beyond those specified in this section are in
  742  conflict with the intent of this section and are prohibited.
  743  This section shall be liberally construed to carry out the
  744  constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense. This section
  745  is supplemental and additional to existing rights to bear arms,
  746  and nothing in this section shall impair or diminish such
  747  rights.
  748         Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  749  790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  750         790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms; mandatory
  751  waiting period; exceptions; penalties.—
  752         (2) The waiting period does not apply in the following
  753  circumstances:
  754         (a) When a firearm is being purchased by a holder of a
  755  concealed weapons or concealed firearms license issued under
  756  permit as defined in s. 790.06.
  757         Section 12. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (a), (b), (c),
  758  and (e) of subsection (2) of section 790.115, Florida Statutes,
  759  are amended to read:
  760         790.115 Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a
  761  school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited;
  762  penalties; exceptions.—
  763         (1) A person who exhibits any sword, sword cane, firearm,
  764  electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon
  765  as defined in s. 790.001 s. 790.001(13), including a razor
  766  blade, box cutter, or common pocketknife, except as authorized
  767  in support of school-sanctioned activities, in the presence of
  768  one or more persons in a rude, careless, angry, or threatening
  769  manner and not in lawful self-defense, at a school-sponsored
  770  event or on the grounds or facilities of any school, school bus,
  771  or school bus stop, or within 1,000 feet of the real property
  772  that comprises a public or private elementary school, middle
  773  school, or secondary school, during school hours or during the
  774  time of a sanctioned school activity, commits a felony of the
  775  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
  776  or s. 775.084. This subsection does not apply to the exhibition
  777  of a firearm or weapon on private real property within 1,000
  778  feet of a school by the owner of such property or by a person
  779  whose presence on such property has been authorized, licensed,
  780  or invited by the owner.
  781         (2)(a) A person shall not possess any firearm, electric
  782  weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon as defined
  783  in s. 790.001 s. 790.001(13), including a razor blade or box
  784  cutter, except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned
  785  activities, at a school-sponsored event or on the property of
  786  any school, school bus, or school bus stop; however, a person
  787  may carry a firearm:
  788         1. In a case to a firearms program, class or function which
  789  has been approved in advance by the principal or chief
  790  administrative officer of the school as a program or class to
  791  which firearms could be carried;
  792         2. In a case to a career center having a firearms training
  793  range; or
  794         3. In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(4) s. 790.25(5);
  795  except that school districts may adopt written and published
  796  policies that waive the exception in this subparagraph for
  797  purposes of student and campus parking privileges.
  798  
  799  For the purposes of this section, “school” means any preschool,
  800  elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary
  801  school, career center, or postsecondary school, whether public
  802  or nonpublic.
  803         (b) Except as provided in paragraph (e), a person who
  804  willfully and knowingly possesses any electric weapon or device,
  805  destructive device, or other weapon as defined in s. 790.001 s.
  806  790.001(13), including a razor blade or box cutter, except as
  807  authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, in
  808  violation of this subsection commits a felony of the third
  809  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
  810  775.084.
  811         (c)1. Except as provided in paragraph (e), a person who
  812  willfully and knowingly possesses any firearm in violation of
  813  this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable
  814  as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  815         2. A person who stores or leaves a loaded firearm within
  816  the reach or easy access of a minor who obtains the firearm and
  817  commits a violation of subparagraph 1. commits a misdemeanor of
  818  the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
  819  775.083; except that this does not apply if the firearm was
  820  stored or left in a securely locked box or container or in a
  821  location which a reasonable person would have believed to be
  822  secure, or was securely locked with a firearm-mounted push
  823  button combination lock or a trigger lock; if the minor obtains
  824  the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person; or
  825  to members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or State
  826  Militia, or to police or other law enforcement officers, with
  827  respect to firearm possession by a minor which occurs during or
  828  incidental to the performance of their official duties.
  829         (e) A person who is authorized to carry a concealed weapon
  830  or concealed firearm under s. 790.01(1) and who willfully and
  831  knowingly violates paragraph (b) or subparagraph (c)1. commits a
  832  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
  833  775.082 or s. 775.083 The penalties of this subsection shall not
  834  apply to persons licensed under s. 790.06. Persons licensed
  835  under s. 790.06 shall be punished as provided in s. 790.06(12),
  836  except that a licenseholder who unlawfully discharges a weapon
  837  or firearm on school property as prohibited by this subsection
  838  commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in
  839  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  840         Section 13. Section 790.145, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  841         Section 14. Subsection (2), subsection (3), and subsection
  842  (5) of section 790.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  843         790.25 Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms
  844  and other weapons.—
  845         (2) USES NOT AUTHORIZED.—
  846         (a) This section does not authorize carrying a concealed
  847  weapon without a permit, as prohibited by ss. 790.01 and 790.02.
  848         (b) The protections of this section do not apply to the
  849  following:
  850         1. A person who has been adjudged mentally incompetent, who
  851  is addicted to the use of narcotics or any similar drug, or who
  852  is a habitual or chronic alcoholic, or a person using weapons or
  853  firearms in violation of ss. 790.07-790.115, 790.145-790.19,
  854  790.22-790.24;
  855         2. Vagrants and other undesirable persons as defined in s.
  856  856.02;
  857         3. A person in or about a place of nuisance as defined in
  858  s. 823.05, unless such person is there for law enforcement or
  859  some other lawful purpose.
  860         (2)(3) LAWFUL USES.—Notwithstanding the provisions of ss.
  861  790.01, 790.053, and 790.06, do not apply in the following
  862  instances, and, despite such sections, it is lawful for the
  863  following persons may to own, possess, and lawfully use firearms
  864  and other weapons, ammunition, and supplies for lawful purposes
  865  if they are not otherwise prohibited from owning or possessing a
  866  firearm under state or federal law:
  867         (a) Members of the Militia, National Guard, Florida State
  868  Defense Force, Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force,
  869  Coast Guard, organized reserves, and other armed forces of the
  870  state and of the United States, when on duty, when training or
  871  preparing themselves for military duty, or while subject to
  872  recall or mobilization;
  873         (b) Citizens of this state subject to duty in the Armed
  874  Forces under s. 2, Art. X of the State Constitution, under
  875  chapters 250 and 251, and under federal laws, when on duty or
  876  when training or preparing themselves for military duty;
  877         (c) Persons carrying out or training for emergency
  878  management duties under chapter 252;
  879         (d) Sheriffs, marshals, prison or jail wardens, police
  880  officers, Florida highway patrol officers, game wardens, revenue
  881  officers, forest officials, special officers appointed under the
  882  provisions of chapter 354, and other peace and law enforcement
  883  officers and their deputies and assistants and full-time paid
  884  peace officers of other states and of the Federal Government who
  885  are carrying out official duties while in this state;
  886         (e) Officers or employees of the state or United States
  887  duly authorized to carry a concealed weapon or a concealed
  888  firearm;
  889         (f) Guards or messengers of common carriers, express
  890  companies, armored car carriers, mail carriers, banks, and other
  891  financial institutions, while actually employed in and about the
  892  shipment, transportation, or delivery of any money, treasure,
  893  bullion, bonds, or other thing of value within this state;
  894         (g) Regularly enrolled members of any organization duly
  895  authorized to purchase or receive weapons or firearms from the
  896  United States or from this state, or regularly enrolled members
  897  of clubs organized for target, skeet, or trap shooting, while at
  898  or going to or from shooting practice; or regularly enrolled
  899  members of clubs organized for modern or antique firearms
  900  collecting, while such members are at or going to or from their
  901  collectors’ gun shows, conventions, or exhibits;
  902         (h) A person engaged in fishing, camping, or lawful hunting
  903  or going to or returning from a fishing, camping, or lawful
  904  hunting expedition;
  905         (i) A person engaged in the business of manufacturing,
  906  repairing, or dealing in firearms, or the agent or
  907  representative of any such person while engaged in the lawful
  908  course of such business;
  909         (j) A person discharging a weapon or firearm firing weapons
  910  for testing or target practice under safe conditions and in a
  911  safe place not prohibited by law or going to or from such place;
  912         (k) A person discharging a weapon or firearm firing weapons
  913  in a safe and secure indoor range for testing and target
  914  practice;
  915         (l) A person traveling by private conveyance when the
  916  weapon is securely encased or in a public conveyance when the
  917  weapon or firearm is securely encased and not in the person’s
  918  manual possession;
  919         (m) A person while carrying a handgun pistol unloaded and
  920  in a secure wrapper, concealed or otherwise, from the place of
  921  purchase to his or her home or place of business or to a place
  922  of repair or back to his or her home or place of business;
  923         (n) A person possessing weapons or firearms arms at his or
  924  her home or place of business;
  925         (o) Investigators employed by the several public defenders
  926  of the state, while actually carrying out official duties,
  927  provided such investigators:
  928         1. Are employed full time;
  929         2. Meet the official training standards for firearms
  930  established by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training
  931  Commission as provided in s. 943.12(5) and the requirements of
  932  ss. 493.6108(1)(a) and 943.13(1)-(4); and
  933         3. Are individually designated by an affidavit of consent
  934  signed by the employing public defender and filed with the clerk
  935  of the circuit court in the county in which the employing public
  936  defender resides.
  937         (p) Investigators employed by the capital collateral
  938  regional counsel, while actually carrying out official duties,
  939  provided such investigators:
  940         1. Are employed full time;
  941         2. Meet the official training standards for firearms as
  942  established by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training
  943  Commission as provided in s. 943.12(1) and the requirements of
  944  ss. 493.6108(1)(a) and 943.13(1)-(4); and
  945         3. Are individually designated by an affidavit of consent
  946  signed by the capital collateral regional counsel and filed with
  947  the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the
  948  investigator is headquartered.
  949         (q)1. A tactical medical professional who is actively
  950  operating in direct support of a tactical operation by a law
  951  enforcement agency provided that:
  952         a. The tactical medical professional is lawfully able to
  953  possess firearms and has an active concealed weapon or concealed
  954  firearm license weapons permit issued pursuant to s. 790.06.
  955         b. The tactical medical professional is appointed to a law
  956  enforcement tactical team of a law enforcement agency by the
  957  head of the law enforcement agency.
  958         c. The law enforcement agency has an established policy
  959  providing for the appointment, training, and deployment of the
  960  tactical medical professional.
  961         d. The tactical medical professional successfully completes
  962  a firearms safety training and tactical training as established
  963  or designated by the appointing law enforcement agency.
  964         e. The law enforcement agency provides and the tactical
  965  medical professional participates in annual firearm training and
  966  tactical training.
  967         2. While actively operating in direct support of a tactical
  968  operation by a law enforcement agency, a tactical medical
  969  professional:
  970         a. May carry a firearm in the same manner as a law
  971  enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10 and,
  972  notwithstanding any other law, at any place a tactical law
  973  enforcement operation occurs.
  974         b. Has no duty to retreat and is justified in the use of
  975  any force which he or she reasonably believes is necessary to
  976  defend himself or herself or another from bodily harm.
  977         c. Has the same immunities and privileges as a law
  978  enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10, in a civil or
  979  criminal action arising out of a tactical law enforcement
  980  operation when acting within the scope of his or her official
  981  duties.
  982         3. This paragraph may not be construed to authorize a
  983  tactical medical professional to carry, transport, or store any
  984  firearm or ammunition on any fire apparatus or EMS vehicle.
  985         4. The appointing law enforcement agency shall issue any
  986  firearm or ammunition that the tactical medical professional
  987  carries in accordance with this paragraph.
  988         5. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “tactical
  989  medical professional” means a paramedic, as defined in s.
  990  401.23, a physician, as defined in s. 458.305, or an osteopathic
  991  physician, as defined in s. 459.003, who is appointed to provide
  992  direct support to a tactical law enforcement unit by providing
  993  medical services at high-risk incidents, including, but not
  994  limited to, hostage incidents, narcotics raids, hazardous
  995  surveillance, sniper incidents, armed suicidal persons,
  996  barricaded suspects, high-risk felony warrant service, fugitives
  997  refusing to surrender, and active shooter incidents.
  998         (4)(5) POSSESSION IN PRIVATE CONVEYANCE.—
  999         (a) Notwithstanding s. 790.01, a person 18 years of age or
 1000  older who is in lawful possession of a handgun or other weapon
 1001  may possess such a handgun or weapon within the interior of a
 1002  private conveyance if the handgun or weapon is securely encased
 1003  or otherwise not readily accessible for immediate use. A person
 1004  who possesses a handgun or other weapon as authorized under this
 1005  paragraph may not carry the handgun or weapon on his or her
 1006  person.
 1007         (b) This subsection does not prohibit a person from
 1008  carrying a:
 1009         1. Legal firearm other than a handgun anywhere in a private
 1010  conveyance when such firearm is being carried for a lawful use;
 1011  or
 1012         2. Concealed weapon or concealed firearm on his or her
 1013  person while in a private conveyance if he or she is authorized
 1014  to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm under s.
 1015  790.01(1).
 1016         (c) This subsection shall be liberally construed in favor
 1017  of the lawful use, ownership, and possession of firearms and
 1018  other weapons, including lawful self-defense as provided in s.
 1019  776.012. Notwithstanding subsection (2), it is lawful and is not
 1020  a violation of s. 790.01 for a person 18 years of age or older
 1021  to possess a concealed firearm or other weapon for self-defense
 1022  or other lawful purpose within the interior of a private
 1023  conveyance, without a license, if the firearm or other weapon is
 1024  securely encased or is otherwise not readily accessible for
 1025  immediate use. Nothing herein contained prohibits the carrying
 1026  of a legal firearm other than a handgun anywhere in a private
 1027  conveyance when such firearm is being carried for a lawful use.
 1028  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the
 1029  carrying of a concealed firearm or other weapon on the person.
 1030  This subsection shall be liberally construed in favor of the
 1031  lawful use, ownership, and possession of firearms and other
 1032  weapons, including lawful self-defense as provided in s.
 1033  776.012.
 1034         Section 15. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) and paragraph
 1035  (c) of subsection (4) of section 790.251, Florida Statutes, are
 1036  amended to read:
 1037         790.251 Protection of the right to keep and bear arms in
 1038  motor vehicles for self-defense and other lawful purposes;
 1039  prohibited acts; duty of public and private employers; immunity
 1040  from liability; enforcement.—
 1041         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
 1042         (c) “Employee” means any person who is authorized to carry
 1043  a concealed weapon or concealed firearm under s. 790.01(1)
 1044  possesses a valid license issued pursuant to s. 790.06 and:
 1045         1. Works for salary, wages, or other remuneration;
 1046         2. Is an independent contractor; or
 1047         3. Is a volunteer, intern, or other similar individual for
 1048  an employer.
 1049  
 1050  As used in this section, the term “firearm” includes ammunition
 1051  and accoutrements attendant to the lawful possession and use of
 1052  a firearm.
 1053         (4) PROHIBITED ACTS.—No public or private employer may
 1054  violate the constitutional rights of any customer, employee, or
 1055  invitee as provided in paragraphs (a)-(e):
 1056         (c) No public or private employer shall condition
 1057  employment upon either:
 1058         1. The fact that an employee or prospective employee is
 1059  authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm
 1060  under s. 790.01(1) holds or does not hold a license issued
 1061  pursuant to s. 790.06; or
 1062         2. Any agreement by an employee or a prospective employee
 1063  that prohibits an employee from keeping a legal firearm locked
 1064  inside or locked to a private motor vehicle in a parking lot
 1065  when such firearm is kept for lawful purposes.
 1066  
 1067  This subsection applies to all public sector employers,
 1068  including those already prohibited from regulating firearms
 1069  under the provisions of s. 790.33.
 1070         Section 16. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
 1071  790.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1072         790.31 Armor-piercing or exploding ammunition or dragon’s
 1073  breath shotgun shells, bolo shells, or flechette shells
 1074  prohibited.—
 1075         (1) As used in this section, the term:
 1076         (c) “Handgun” means a firearm capable of being carried and
 1077  used by one hand, such as a pistol or revolver.
 1078         Section 17. Effective upon becoming a law, section
 1079  943.6873, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
 1080         943.6873 Active assailant response policy.—For the
 1081  protection of all persons in this state, it is necessary and
 1082  required that every law enforcement agency in this state be
 1083  prepared to respond to an active assailant event. To be
 1084  adequately prepared, each law enforcement agency must create and
 1085  maintain an active assailant response policy.
 1086         (1) By October 1, 2023, each law enforcement agency in this
 1087  state shall have a written active assailant response policy
 1088  that:
 1089         (a) Is consistent with the agency’s response capabilities;
 1090  and
 1091         (b) Includes response procedures specifying the command
 1092  protocol and coordination with other law enforcement agencies.
 1093         (2)(a) The department shall make the model active assailant
 1094  response policy developed by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
 1095  School Public Safety Commission available on its website. The
 1096  department may also make available any other policies deemed
 1097  appropriate by the executive director which may guide a law
 1098  enforcement agency in developing its active assailant response
 1099  policy.
 1100         (b) Each law enforcement agency must review the model
 1101  active assailant response policy developed by the Marjory
 1102  Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission when
 1103  developing its active assailant response policy.
 1104         (3) Each law enforcement agency shall ensure that all of
 1105  its sworn personnel have been trained on the agency’s existing
 1106  active assailant response policy, or that sworn personnel are
 1107  trained within 180 days after enacting a new or revised policy.
 1108  Each law enforcement agency must ensure that all of its sworn
 1109  personnel receive, at minimum, annual training on the active
 1110  assailant response policy.
 1111         (4) By October 1, 2023, each law enforcement agency shall
 1112  provide written certification to the department from the head of
 1113  the law enforcement agency verifying that the agency has
 1114  officially adopted a written active assailant response policy.
 1115         (5) By January 1, 2024, the department shall submit a
 1116  report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
 1117  Speaker of the House of Representatives identifying each law
 1118  enforcement agency that has not complied with the requirements
 1119  of this section.
 1120         Section 18. Effective upon becoming a law, subsections (12)
 1121  and (13) of section 1001.212, Florida Statutes, are amended to
 1122  read:
 1123         1001.212 Office of Safe Schools.—There is created in the
 1124  Department of Education the Office of Safe Schools. The office
 1125  is fully accountable to the Commissioner of Education. The
 1126  office shall serve as a central repository for best practices,
 1127  training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters
 1128  regarding school safety and security, including prevention
 1129  efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency preparedness
 1130  planning. The office shall:
 1131         (12) Develop a statewide behavioral threat management
 1132  operational process, a Florida-specific behavioral threat
 1133  assessment instrument, and a threat management portal.
 1134         (a)1. By December 1, 2023, the office shall develop a
 1135  statewide behavioral threat management operational process to
 1136  guide school districts, schools, charter school governing
 1137  boards, and charter schools through the threat management
 1138  process. The process must be designed to identify, assess,
 1139  manage, and monitor potential and real threats to schools. This
 1140  process must include, but is not limited to:
 1141         a. The establishment and duties of threat management teams.
 1142         b. Defining behavioral risks and threats.
 1143         c. The use of the Florida-specific behavioral threat
 1144  assessment instrument developed pursuant to paragraph (b) to
 1145  evaluate the behavior of students who may pose a threat to the
 1146  school, school staff, or other students and to coordinate
 1147  intervention and services for such students.
 1148         d. Upon the availability of the threat management portal
 1149  developed pursuant to paragraph (c), the use, authorized user
 1150  criteria, and access specifications of the portal.
 1151         e. Procedures for the implementation of interventions,
 1152  school support, and community services.
 1153         f. Guidelines for appropriate law enforcement intervention.
 1154         g. Procedures for risk management.
 1155         h. Procedures for disciplinary actions.
 1156         i. Mechanisms for continued monitoring of potential and
 1157  real threats.
 1158         j. Procedures for referrals to mental health services
 1159  identified by the school district or charter school governing
 1160  board pursuant to s. 1012.584(4).
 1161         k. Procedures and requirements necessary for the creation
 1162  of a threat assessment report, all corresponding documentation,
 1163  and any other information required by the Florida-specific
 1164  behavioral threat assessment instrument under paragraph (b).
 1165         2. Upon availability, each school district, school, charter
 1166  school governing board, and charter school must use the
 1167  statewide behavioral threat management operational process.
 1168         3. The office shall provide training to all school
 1169  districts, schools, charter school governing boards, and charter
 1170  schools on the statewide behavioral threat management
 1171  operational process.
 1172         4. The office shall coordinate the ongoing development,
 1173  implementation, and operation of the statewide behavioral threat
 1174  management operational process.
 1175         (b)1. By August 1, 2023 2019, the office shall develop a
 1176  Florida-specific standardized, statewide behavioral threat
 1177  assessment instrument for school districts, schools, charter
 1178  school governing boards, and charter schools to use to evaluate
 1179  the behavior of students who may pose a threat to the school,
 1180  school staff, or students and to coordinate intervention and
 1181  services for such students. The Florida-specific behavioral
 1182  threat assessment instrument must include, but is not limited
 1183  to: use by all public schools, including charter schools, which
 1184  addresses early identification, evaluation, early intervention,
 1185  and student support.
 1186         (a) The standardized, statewide behavioral threat
 1187  assessment instrument must include, but need not be limited to,
 1188  components and forms that address:
 1189         a.1. An assessment of the threat, which includes an
 1190  assessment of the student, family, and school and social
 1191  dynamics.
 1192         b.2. An evaluation to determine whether a threat exists and
 1193  if so, if the type of threat is transient or substantive.
 1194         c.3. The response to a substantive threat, which includes
 1195  the school response, and the role of law enforcement agencies in
 1196  the response, and the response by mental health providers.
 1197         d.4. The response to a serious substantive threat,
 1198  including mental health and law enforcement referrals.
 1199         5. Ongoing monitoring to assess implementation of threat
 1200  management and safety strategies.
 1201         e. Ongoing monitoring to evaluate interventions and support
 1202  provided to the students.
 1203         f. A standardized threat assessment report, which must
 1204  include, but need not be limited to, all documentation
 1205  associated with the evaluation, intervention, management, and
 1206  any ongoing monitoring of the threat.
 1207         2. A report, all corresponding documentation, and any other
 1208  information required by the instrument in the threat management
 1209  portal under paragraph (c) is an education record and may not be
 1210  retained, maintained, or transferred, except in accordance with
 1211  State Board of Education rule.
 1212         3. Upon availability, each school district, school, charter
 1213  school governing board, and charter school must use the Florida
 1214  specific behavioral threat assessment instrument.
 1215         4.6. The office shall provide training for members of
 1216  threat management assessment teams established under s.
 1217  1006.07(7) and for all school districts and charter school
 1218  governing boards school administrators regarding the use of the
 1219  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument.
 1220         (c)1. By August 1, 2025, the office shall develop, host,
 1221  maintain, and administer a threat management portal that will
 1222  digitize the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
 1223  instrument for use by each school district, school, charter
 1224  school governing board, and charter school. The portal will also
 1225  facilitate the electronic threat assessment reporting and
 1226  documentation as required by the Florida-specific behavioral
 1227  threat assessment instrument to evaluate the behavior of
 1228  students who may pose a threat to the school, school staff, or
 1229  students and to coordinate intervention and services for such
 1230  students. The portal may not provide the office with access to
 1231  the portal unless authorized in accordance with State Board of
 1232  Education rule. The portal must include, but need not be limited
 1233  to, the following functionalities:
 1234         a. Workflow processes that align with the statewide
 1235  behavioral threat management operational process.
 1236         b. Direct data entry and file uploading as required by the
 1237  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument.
 1238         c. The ability to create a threat assessment report as
 1239  required by the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment
 1240  instrument.
 1241         d. The ability of authorized personnel to add to or update
 1242  a threat assessment report, all corresponding documentation, or
 1243  any other information required by the Florida-specific
 1244  behavioral threat assessment instrument.
 1245         e. The ability to create and remove connections between
 1246  education records in the portal and authorized personnel.
 1247         f. The ability to grant access to and securely transfer any
 1248  education records in the portal to other schools or charter
 1249  schools in the district.
 1250         g. The ability to grant access to and securely transfer any
 1251  education records in the portal to schools and charter schools
 1252  not in the originating district.
 1253         h. The ability to retain, maintain, and transfer education
 1254  records in the portal in accordance with State Board of
 1255  Education rule.
 1256         i. The ability to restrict access to, entry of,
 1257  modification of, and transfer of education records in the portal
 1258  to a school district, school, charter school governing board, or
 1259  charter school and authorized personnel as specified by the
 1260  statewide behavioral threat management operational process.
 1261         j. The ability to designate school district or charter
 1262  school governing board system administrators who may grant
 1263  access to authorized school district and charter school
 1264  governing board personnel and school and charter school system
 1265  administrators.
 1266         k. The ability to designate school or charter school system
 1267  administrators who may grant access to authorized school or
 1268  charter school personnel.
 1269         l. The ability to notify the office’s system administrators
 1270  and school district or charter school governing board system
 1271  administrators of attempts to access any education records by
 1272  unauthorized personnel.
 1273         2. Upon availability, each school district, school, charter
 1274  school governing board, and charter school shall use the portal.
 1275         3. A threat assessment report, all corresponding
 1276  documentation, and any other information required by the
 1277  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument which
 1278  is maintained in the portal is an education record and may not
 1279  be retained, maintained, or transferred, except in accordance
 1280  with State Board of Education rule.
 1281         4. The office and the office system administrators may not
 1282  have access to a threat assessment report, all corresponding
 1283  documentation, and any other information required by the
 1284  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument which
 1285  is maintained in the portal.
 1286         5. A school district or charter school governing board may
 1287  not have access to the education records in the portal, except
 1288  in accordance with State Board of Education rule.
 1289         6. The parent of a student may access his or her student’s
 1290  education records in the portal in accordance with State Board
 1291  of Education rule, but may not have access to the portal.
 1292         7. The office shall develop and implement a quarterly
 1293  portal access review audit process.
 1294         8. Upon availability, each school district, school, charter
 1295  school governing board, and charter school shall comply with the
 1296  quarterly portal access review audit process developed by the
 1297  office.
 1298         9. By August 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the office
 1299  shall provide role-based training to all authorized school
 1300  district, school, charter school governing board, and charter
 1301  school personnel.
 1302         10. Any individual who accesses, uses, or releases any
 1303  education record contained in the portal for a purpose not
 1304  specifically authorized by law commits a noncriminal infraction,
 1305  punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000.
 1306         (d)(b) The office shall:
 1307         1. by August 1 of each year:, 2020,
 1308         1. Evaluate each school district’s and charter school
 1309  governing board’s use of the statewide behavioral threat
 1310  management operational process, the Florida-specific behavioral
 1311  threat assessment instrument, and the threat management portal
 1312  procedures for compliance with this subsection.
 1313         2. Notify the district school superintendent or charter
 1314  school governing board, as applicable, if the use of the
 1315  statewide behavioral threat management operational process, the
 1316  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument, and
 1317  the threat management portal is not in compliance with this
 1318  subsection.
 1319         3. Report any issues of ongoing noncompliance with this
 1320  subsection to the commissioner and the district school
 1321  superintendent or the charter school governing board, as
 1322  applicable.
 1323         (13) Establish the Statewide Threat Assessment Database
 1324  Workgroup, composed of members appointed by the department, to
 1325  complement the work of the department and the Department of Law
 1326  Enforcement associated with the centralized integrated data
 1327  repository and data analytics resources initiative and make
 1328  recommendations regarding the development of a statewide threat
 1329  assessment database. The database must allow authorized public
 1330  school personnel to enter information related to any threat
 1331  assessment conducted at their respective schools using the
 1332  instrument developed by the office pursuant to subsection (12),
 1333  and must provide such information to authorized personnel in
 1334  each school district and public school and to appropriate
 1335  stakeholders. By December 31, 2019, the workgroup shall provide
 1336  a report to the office with recommendations that include, but
 1337  need not be limited to:
 1338         (a) Threat assessment data that should be required to be
 1339  entered into the database.
 1340         (b) School district and public school personnel who should
 1341  be allowed to input student records to the database and view
 1342  such records.
 1343         (c) Database design and functionality, to include data
 1344  security.
 1345         (d) Restrictions and authorities on information sharing,
 1346  including:
 1347         1. Section 1002.22 and other applicable state laws.
 1348         2. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),
 1349  20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, 42 C.F.R. part 2; the Health Insurance
 1350  Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), 42 U.S.C. s. 1320d6,
 1351  45 C.F.R. part 164, subpart E; and other applicable federal
 1352  laws.
 1353         3. The appropriateness of interagency agreements that will
 1354  allow law enforcement to view database records.
 1355         (e) The cost to develop and maintain a statewide online
 1356  database.
 1357         (f) An implementation plan and timeline for the workgroup
 1358  recommendations.
 1359         Section 19. Effective upon becoming a law, the State Board
 1360  of Education may, and all conditions are deemed met, to adopt
 1361  emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, for
 1362  the purpose of implementing the amendments made to s.
 1363  1001.212(12), Florida Statutes, by this act. Notwithstanding any
 1364  other law, emergency rules adopted pursuant to this section are
 1365  effective for 6 months after adoption and may be renewed during
 1366  the pendency of procedures to adopt permanent rules addressing
 1367  the subject of the emergency rules. This section expires July 1,
 1368  2024.
 1369         Section 20. Subsection (18) is added to section 1002.42,
 1370  Florida Statutes, to read:
 1371         1002.42 Private schools.—
 1372         (18) SAFE SCHOOL OFFICERS.—
 1373         (a) A private school may partner with a law enforcement
 1374  agency or a security agency to establish or assign one or more
 1375  safe-school officers established in s. 1006.12(1)-(4). The
 1376  private school is responsible for the full cost of implementing
 1377  any such option, which includes all training costs under the
 1378  Coach Aaron Feis Guardian Program under s. 30.15(1)(k).
 1379         (b) A private school that establishes a safe-school officer
 1380  must comply with the requirements of s. 1006.12. References to a
 1381  school district, district school board, or district school
 1382  superintendent in s. 1006.12(1)-(5) shall also mean a private
 1383  school governing board or private school head of school, as
 1384  applicable. References to a school district employee in s.
 1385  1006.12(3) shall also mean a private school employee.
 1386         Section 21. Effective upon becoming a law, subsection (2)
 1387  of section 1003.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1388         1003.25 Procedures for maintenance and transfer of student
 1389  records.—
 1390         (2) The procedure for transferring and maintaining records
 1391  of students who transfer from school to school is shall be
 1392  prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education. The
 1393  transfer of records must shall occur within 3 school days. The
 1394  records must shall include, if applicable:
 1395         (a) Verified reports of serious or recurrent behavior
 1396  patterns, including any threat assessment report, all
 1397  corresponding documentation, and any other information required
 1398  by the Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument
 1399  pursuant to s. 1001.212(12) which contains the evaluation,
 1400  evaluations and intervention, and management of the threat
 1401  assessment evaluations and intervention services.
 1402         (b) Psychological evaluations, including therapeutic
 1403  treatment plans and therapy or progress notes created or
 1404  maintained by school district or charter school staff, as
 1405  appropriate.
 1406         Section 22. Effective upon becoming a law, paragraph (b) of
 1407  subsection (4), paragraph (b) of subsection (6), and subsections
 1408  (7) and (9) of section 1006.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to
 1409  read:
 1410         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
 1411  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
 1412  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
 1413  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
 1414  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
 1415  welfare of students, including:
 1416         (4) EMERGENCY DRILLS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.—
 1417         (b) Provide timely notification to parents of threats
 1418  pursuant to policies adopted under subsection (7) and the
 1419  following unlawful acts or significant emergencies that occur on
 1420  school grounds, during school transportation, or during school
 1421  sponsored activities:
 1422         1. Weapons possession or use when there is intended harm
 1423  toward another person, hostage, and active assailant situations.
 1424  The active assailant situation training for each school must
 1425  engage the participation of the district school safety
 1426  specialist, threat management assessment team members, faculty,
 1427  staff, and students and must be conducted by the law enforcement
 1428  agency or agencies that are designated as first responders to
 1429  the school’s campus.
 1430         2. Murder, homicide, or manslaughter.
 1431         3. Sex offenses, including rape, sexual assault, or sexual
 1432  misconduct with a student by school personnel.
 1433         4. Natural emergencies, including hurricanes, tornadoes,
 1434  and severe storms.
 1435         5. Exposure as a result of a manmade emergency.
 1436         (6) SAFETY AND SECURITY BEST PRACTICES.—Each district
 1437  school superintendent shall establish policies and procedures
 1438  for the prevention of violence on school grounds, including the
 1439  assessment of and intervention with individuals whose behavior
 1440  poses a threat to the safety of the school community.
 1441         (b) Mental health coordinator.—Each district school board
 1442  shall identify a mental health coordinator for the district. The
 1443  mental health coordinator shall serve as the district’s primary
 1444  point of contact regarding the district’s coordination,
 1445  communication, and implementation of student mental health
 1446  policies, procedures, responsibilities, and reporting,
 1447  including:
 1448         1. Coordinating with the Office of Safe Schools,
 1449  established pursuant to s. 1001.212.
 1450         2. Maintaining records and reports regarding student mental
 1451  health as it relates to school safety and the mental health
 1452  assistance allocation under s. 1011.62(14).
 1453         3. Facilitating the implementation of school district
 1454  policies relating to the respective duties and responsibilities
 1455  of the school district, the superintendent, and district school
 1456  principals.
 1457         4. Coordinating with the school safety specialist on the
 1458  staffing and training of threat management assessment teams and
 1459  facilitating referrals to mental health services, as
 1460  appropriate, for students and their families.
 1461         5. Coordinating with the school safety specialist on the
 1462  training and resources for students and school district staff
 1463  relating to youth mental health awareness and assistance.
 1464         6. Reviewing annually the school district’s policies and
 1465  procedures related to student mental health for compliance with
 1466  state law and alignment with current best practices and making
 1467  recommendations, as needed, for amending such policies and
 1468  procedures to the superintendent and the district school board.
 1469         (7) THREAT MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT TEAMS.—Each district
 1470  school board and charter school governing board shall establish
 1471  a adopt policies for the establishment of threat management team
 1472  assessment teams at each school whose duties include the
 1473  coordination of resources and assessment and intervention with
 1474  students individuals whose behavior may pose a threat to the
 1475  safety of the school, school staff, or students consistent with
 1476  the model policies developed by the Office of Safe Schools. Such
 1477  policies must include procedures for referrals to mental health
 1478  services identified by the school district pursuant to s.
 1479  1012.584(4), when appropriate, and procedures for behavioral
 1480  threat assessments in compliance with the instrument developed
 1481  pursuant to s. 1001.212(12).
 1482         (a) Upon the availability of a statewide behavioral threat
 1483  management operational process developed pursuant to s.
 1484  1001.212(12), all threat management teams shall use the
 1485  operational process.
 1486         (b)(a) A threat management assessment team shall include
 1487  persons with expertise in counseling, instruction, school
 1488  administration, and law enforcement. All members of the threat
 1489  management assessment team must be involved in the threat
 1490  assessment and threat management process and final
 1491  decisionmaking. At least one member of the threat management
 1492  team must have personal familiarity with the individual who is
 1493  the subject of the threat assessment. If no member of the threat
 1494  management team has such familiarity, an instructional personnel
 1495  or administrative personnel, as those terms are defined in s.
 1496  1012.01(2) and (3), who is personally familiar with the
 1497  individual who is the subject of the threat assessment must
 1498  consult with the threat management team for the purpose of
 1499  assessing the threat. The instructional or administrative
 1500  personnel who provides such consultation shall not participate
 1501  in the decisionmaking process.
 1502         (c) The threat management team assessment teams shall
 1503  identify members of the school community to whom threatening
 1504  behavior should be reported and provide guidance to students,
 1505  faculty, and staff regarding recognition of threatening or
 1506  aberrant behavior that may represent a threat to the community,
 1507  school, or self.
 1508         (d) Upon the availability of the Florida-specific
 1509  behavioral threat assessment instrument developed pursuant to s.
 1510  1001.212(12), all the threat management teams assessment team
 1511  shall use that instrument when evaluating the behavior of
 1512  students who may pose a threat to the school, school staff, or
 1513  students and to coordinate intervention and services for such
 1514  students.
 1515         (e)(b) Upon a preliminary determination that a student
 1516  poses a threat of violence or physical harm to himself or
 1517  herself or others, a threat management assessment team shall
 1518  immediately report its determination to the superintendent or
 1519  his or her designee. The superintendent or his or her designee
 1520  or the charter school administrator or his or her designee shall
 1521  immediately attempt to notify the student’s parent or legal
 1522  guardian. Nothing in this subsection precludes shall preclude
 1523  school district or charter school governing board personnel from
 1524  acting immediately to address an imminent threat.
 1525         (f)(c) Upon a preliminary determination by the threat
 1526  management assessment team that a student poses a threat of
 1527  violence to himself or herself or others or exhibits
 1528  significantly disruptive behavior or need for assistance,
 1529  authorized members of the threat management assessment team may
 1530  obtain criminal history record information pursuant to s.
 1531  985.04(1). A member of a threat management assessment team may
 1532  not disclose any criminal history record information obtained
 1533  pursuant to this section or otherwise use any record of an
 1534  individual beyond the purpose for which such disclosure was made
 1535  to the threat management assessment team.
 1536         (g)(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
 1537  state and local agencies and programs that provide services to
 1538  students experiencing or at risk of an emotional disturbance or
 1539  a mental illness, including the school districts, charter
 1540  schools, school personnel, state and local law enforcement
 1541  agencies, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of
 1542  Children and Families, the Department of Health, the Agency for
 1543  Health Care Administration, the Agency for Persons with
 1544  Disabilities, the Department of Education, the Statewide
 1545  Guardian Ad Litem Office, and any service or support provider
 1546  contracting with such agencies, may share with each other
 1547  records or information that are confidential or exempt from
 1548  disclosure under chapter 119 if the records or information are
 1549  reasonably necessary to ensure access to appropriate services
 1550  for the student or to ensure the safety of the student or
 1551  others. All such state and local agencies and programs shall
 1552  communicate, collaborate, and coordinate efforts to serve such
 1553  students.
 1554         (h)(e) If an immediate mental health or substance abuse
 1555  crisis is suspected, school personnel shall follow steps
 1556  policies established by the threat management assessment team to
 1557  engage behavioral health crisis resources. Behavioral health
 1558  crisis resources, including, but not limited to, mobile crisis
 1559  teams and school resource officers trained in crisis
 1560  intervention, shall provide emergency intervention and
 1561  assessment, make recommendations, and refer the student for
 1562  appropriate services. Onsite school personnel shall report all
 1563  such situations and actions taken to the threat management
 1564  assessment team, which shall contact the other agencies involved
 1565  with the student and any known service providers to share
 1566  information and coordinate any necessary followup actions. Upon
 1567  the student’s transfer to a different school, the threat
 1568  management assessment team shall verify that any intervention
 1569  services provided to the student remain in place until the
 1570  threat management assessment team of the receiving school
 1571  independently determines the need for intervention services.
 1572         (i) The threat management team shall prepare a threat
 1573  assessment report required by the Florida-specific behavioral
 1574  threat assessment instrument developed pursuant to s.
 1575  1001.212(12). A threat assessment report, all corresponding
 1576  documentation, and any other information required by the
 1577  Florida-specific behavioral threat assessment instrument in the
 1578  threat management portal is an education record.
 1579         (j)(f) Each threat management assessment team established
 1580  pursuant to this subsection shall report quantitative data on
 1581  its activities to the Office of Safe Schools in accordance with
 1582  guidance from the office and shall utilize the threat assessment
 1583  database developed pursuant to s. 1001.212(13) upon the
 1584  availability of the database.
 1585         (9) SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INCIDENT REPORTING.—Each
 1586  district school board shall adopt policies to ensure the
 1587  accurate and timely reporting of incidents related to school
 1588  safety and discipline. The district school superintendent is
 1589  responsible for school environmental safety incident reporting.
 1590  A district school superintendent who fails to comply with this
 1591  subsection is subject to the penalties specified in law,
 1592  including, but not limited to, s. 1001.42(13)(b) or s.
 1593  1001.51(12)(b), as applicable. The State Board of Education
 1594  shall adopt rules establishing the requirements for the school
 1595  environmental safety incident report, including those incidents
 1596  that must be reported to a law enforcement agency. Annually, the
 1597  department shall publish on its website the most recently
 1598  available school environmental safety incident data along with
 1599  other school accountability and performance data in a uniform,
 1600  statewide format that is easy to read and understand.
 1601         Section 23. Effective upon becoming a law:
 1602         (1) The State Board of Education is authorized, and all
 1603  conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules pursuant to
 1604  s. 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, for the purpose of implementing
 1605  the amendments made to s. 1006.07(9), Florida Statutes. The
 1606  Legislature finds that school district discretion over reporting
 1607  criminal incidents to law enforcement has resulted in
 1608  significant under-reporting of serious crimes. The Legislature
 1609  further finds that emergency rulemaking authority is necessary
 1610  to ensure that all reportable incidents that are crimes are
 1611  reported to law enforcement as soon as practicable starting in
 1612  the 2023-2024 school year. Emergency rules adopted under this
 1613  section are exempt from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and
 1614  shall remain in effect until replaced by rules adopted under the
 1615  nonemergency rulemaking procedures of chapter 120, Florida
 1616  Statutes, which must occur no later than July 1, 2024.
 1617         (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, emergency
 1618  rules adopted pursuant to subsection (1) are effective for 6
 1619  months after adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of
 1620  procedures to adopt permanent rules addressing the subject of
 1621  the emergency rules.
 1622         Section 24. Effective upon becoming a law, section
 1623  1006.121, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
 1624         1006.121 Florida Safe Schools Canine Program.—
 1625         (1) CREATION AND PURPOSE.—
 1626         (a) The Department of Education, through the Office of Safe
 1627  Schools pursuant to s. 1001.212, shall establish the Florida
 1628  Safe Schools Canine Program for the purpose of designating a
 1629  person, school, or business entity as a Florida Safe Schools
 1630  Canine Partner if the person, school, or business entity
 1631  provides a monetary or in-kind donation to a law enforcement
 1632  agency to purchase, train, or care for a firearm detection
 1633  canine. The office shall consult with the Florida Police Chiefs
 1634  Association and the Florida Sheriffs Association in creating the
 1635  program.
 1636         (b) The presence of firearm detection canines at K-12
 1637  schools contributes to a safe school community, furthering a
 1638  communitywide investment and engagement in school safety and
 1639  public safety initiatives. The program seeks to foster
 1640  relationships between schools, local businesses, and law
 1641  enforcement, promoting trust and confidence in the ability of
 1642  law enforcement to keep schools and communities safe. Firearm
 1643  detection canines act as liaisons between students and law
 1644  enforcement agencies and serve as ambassadors for a law
 1645  enforcement agency to improve community engagement. K-12 schools
 1646  and students are encouraged to partner with law enforcement to
 1647  raise funds in the local community for the monetary or in-kind
 1648  donations needed to purchase, train, or care for a firearm
 1649  detection canine. This includes building relationships with
 1650  local businesses that support school safety by providing
 1651  monetary or in-kind donations to help with the ongoing care and
 1652  expenses of a firearm detection canine which include, but are
 1653  not limited to, veterinary care such as wellness checks and
 1654  medicine; food; interactive and training toys; grooming; and
 1655  necessary equipment such as collars and leads.
 1656         (2) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “firearm
 1657  detection canine” means any canine that is owned or the service
 1658  of which is employed by a law enforcement agency for use in K­12
 1659  schools for the primary purpose of aiding in the detection of
 1660  firearms and ammunition.
 1661         (3) CANINE REQUIREMENTS.—A firearm detection canine must be
 1662  trained to interact with children and must complete behavior and
 1663  temperament training. A firearm detection canine may also be
 1664  trained as an animal-assisted therapy canine.
 1665         (4) ELIGIBILITY.—
 1666         (a) A law enforcement agency may nominate a person, school,
 1667  or business entity to be designated as a Florida Safe Schools
 1668  Canine Partner, or such person, school, or business entity may
 1669  apply to the office to be designated as a Florida Safe Schools
 1670  Canine Partner if a monetary or an in-kind donation is made to a
 1671  law enforcement agency for the purchase, training, or care of a
 1672  firearm detection canine.
 1673         (b) The nomination or application to the office for
 1674  designation as a Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner must, at
 1675  minimum, include all of the following:
 1676         1. The name, address, and contact information of the
 1677  person, school, or business entity.
 1678         2. The name, address, and contact information of the law
 1679  enforcement agency.
 1680         3. Whether the donation was monetary or in-kind.
 1681         4. The amount of the donation or type of in-kind donation.
 1682         5. Documentation from the law enforcement agency
 1683  certifying:
 1684         a. The date of receipt of the monetary or in-kind donation
 1685  by the person, school, or business entity; and
 1686         b. The monetary or in-kind donation by person, school, or
 1687  business entity is for the purchase, training, or care of a
 1688  firearm detection canine.
 1689         (c) The office shall adopt procedures for the nomination
 1690  and application processes for a Florida Safe Schools Canine
 1691  Partner.
 1692         (5) DESIGNATION AND AWARD.—
 1693         (a) The office shall determine whether a person, school, or
 1694  business entity, based on the information provided in the
 1695  nomination or application, meets the requirements in subsection
 1696  (4). The office may request additional information from the
 1697  person, school, or business entity.
 1698         (b)1. A nominated person, school, or business entity that
 1699  meets the requirements shall be notified by the office regarding
 1700  the nominee’s eligibility to be awarded a designation as a
 1701  Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner.
 1702         2. The nominee shall have 30 days after receipt of the
 1703  notice to certify that the information in the notice is true and
 1704  accurate and accept the nomination, to provide corrected
 1705  information for consideration by the office and indicate an
 1706  intention to accept the nomination, or to decline the
 1707  nomination. If the nominee accepts the nomination, the office
 1708  shall award the designation. The office may not award the
 1709  designation if the nominee declines the nomination or has not
 1710  accepted the nomination within 30 days after receiving notice.
 1711         (c) An applicant person, school, or business entity that
 1712  meets the requirements shall be notified and awarded a
 1713  designation as a Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner.
 1714         (d) The office shall adopt procedures for the designation
 1715  process of a Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner. Designation as
 1716  a Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner does not establish or
 1717  involve licensure, does not affect the substantial interests of
 1718  a party, and does not constitute a final agency action. The
 1719  Florida Safe Schools Canine Program and designation are not
 1720  subject to chapter 120.
 1721         (6) LOGO DEVELOPMENT.—
 1722         (a) The office shall develop a logo that identifies a
 1723  person, school, or business entity that is designated as a
 1724  Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner.
 1725         (b) The office shall adopt guidelines and requirements for
 1726  the use of the logo, including how the logo may be used in
 1727  advertising. The office may allow a person, school, or business
 1728  entity to display a Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner logo
 1729  upon designation. A person, school, or business entity that has
 1730  not been designated as a Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner or
 1731  has elected to discontinue its designated status may not display
 1732  the logo.
 1733         (7) WEBSITE.—The office shall establish a page on the
 1734  department’s website for the Florida Safe Schools Canine
 1735  Program. At a minimum, the page must provide a list, updated
 1736  quarterly, of persons, schools, or business entities, by county,
 1737  which currently have the Florida Safe Schools Canine Partner
 1738  designation and information regarding the eligibility
 1739  requirements for the designation and the method of application
 1740  or nomination.
 1741         (8) RULES.—The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
 1742  to administer this section.
 1743         Section 25. Effective upon becoming a law, subsections (1),
 1744  (2), and (8) of section 1006.13, Florida Statutes, are amended
 1745  to read:
 1746         1006.13 Policy of zero tolerance for crime and
 1747  victimization.—
 1748         (1) District school boards shall promote a safe and
 1749  supportive learning environment in schools by protecting
 1750  students and staff from conduct that poses a threat to school
 1751  safety. A threat management assessment team may use alternatives
 1752  to expulsion or referral to law enforcement agencies to address
 1753  disruptive behavior through restitution, civil citation, teen
 1754  court, neighborhood restorative justice, or similar programs.
 1755  Zero-tolerance policies may not be rigorously applied to petty
 1756  acts of misconduct. Zero-tolerance policies must apply equally
 1757  to all students regardless of their economic status, race, or
 1758  disability.
 1759         (2) Each district school board shall adopt a policy of zero
 1760  tolerance that:
 1761         (a) Identifies acts that are required to be reported under
 1762  the school environmental safety incident reporting pursuant to
 1763  s. 1006.07(9) Defines criteria for reporting to a law
 1764  enforcement agency any act that poses a threat to school safety
 1765  that occurs whenever or wherever students are within the
 1766  jurisdiction of the district school board.
 1767         (b) Defines acts that pose a threat to school safety.
 1768         (c) Defines petty acts of misconduct which are not a threat
 1769  to school safety and do not require consultation with law
 1770  enforcement.
 1771         (d) Minimizes the victimization of students, staff, or
 1772  volunteers, including taking all steps necessary to protect the
 1773  victim of any violent crime from any further victimization.
 1774         (e) Establishes a procedure that provides each student with
 1775  the opportunity for a review of the disciplinary action imposed
 1776  pursuant to s. 1006.07.
 1777         (f) Requires the threat management assessment team to
 1778  consult with law enforcement when a student exhibits a pattern
 1779  of behavior, based upon previous acts or the severity of an act,
 1780  that would pose a threat to school safety.
 1781         (8) A threat management assessment team may use
 1782  alternatives to expulsion or referral to law enforcement
 1783  agencies unless the use of such alternatives will pose a threat
 1784  to school safety.
 1785         Section 26. Section 790.1612, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1786  to read:
 1787         790.1612 Authorization for governmental manufacture,
 1788  possession, and use of destructive devices.—The governing body
 1789  of any municipality or county and the Division of State Fire
 1790  Marshal of the Department of Financial Services have the power
 1791  to authorize the manufacture, possession, and use of destructive
 1792  devices as defined in s. 790.001 s. 790.001(4).
 1793         Section 27. Subsection (1) of section 810.095, Florida
 1794  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1795         810.095 Trespass on school property with firearm or other
 1796  weapon prohibited.—
 1797         (1) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as
 1798  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, for a person
 1799  who is trespassing upon school property to bring onto, or to
 1800  possess on, such school property any weapon as defined in s.
 1801  790.001 s. 790.001(13) or any firearm.
 1802         Section 28. Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section
 1803  921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1804         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
 1805  chart.—
 1806         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
 1807         (e) LEVEL 5
 1808  
 1809  FloridaStatute     FelonyDegree           Description           
 1810  316.027(2)(a)         3rd   Accidents involving personal injuries other than serious bodily injury, failure to stop; leaving scene.
 1811  316.1935(4)(a)        2nd   Aggravated fleeing or eluding.   
 1812  316.80(2)             2nd   Unlawful conveyance of fuel; obtaining fuel fraudulently.
 1813  322.34(6)             3rd   Careless operation of motor vehicle with suspended license, resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
 1814  327.30(5)             3rd   Vessel accidents involving personal injury; leaving scene.
 1815  379.365(2)(c)1.       3rd   Violation of rules relating to: willful molestation of stone crab traps, lines, or buoys; illegal bartering, trading, or sale, conspiring or aiding in such barter, trade, or sale, or supplying, agreeing to supply, aiding in supplying, or giving away stone crab trap tags or certificates; making, altering, forging, counterfeiting, or reproducing stone crab trap tags; possession of forged, counterfeit, or imitation stone crab trap tags; and engaging in the commercial harvest of stone crabs while license is suspended or revoked.
 1816  379.367(4)            3rd   Willful molestation of a commercial harvester’s spiny lobster trap, line, or buoy.
 1817  379.407(5)(b)3.       3rd   Possession of 100 or more undersized spiny lobsters.
 1818  381.0041(11)(b)       3rd   Donate blood, plasma, or organs knowing HIV positive.
 1819  440.10(1)(g)          2nd   Failure to obtain workers’ compensation coverage.
 1820  440.105(5)            2nd   Unlawful solicitation for the purpose of making workers’ compensation claims.
 1821  440.381(2)            3rd   Submission of false, misleading, or incomplete information with the purpose of avoiding or reducing workers’ compensation premiums.
 1822  624.401(4)(b)2.       2nd   Transacting insurance without a certificate or authority; premium collected $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
 1823  626.902(1)(c)         2nd   Representing an unauthorized insurer; repeat offender.
 1824  790.01(3) 790.01(2)   3rd   Unlawful carrying of a concealed firearm.
 1825  790.162               2nd   Threat to throw or discharge destructive device.
 1826  790.163(1)            2nd   False report of bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or use of firearms in violent manner.
 1827  790.221(1)            2nd   Possession of short-barreled shotgun or machine gun.
 1828  790.23                2nd   Felons in possession of firearms, ammunition, or electronic weapons or devices.
 1829  796.05(1)             2nd   Live on earnings of a prostitute; 1st offense.
 1830  800.04(6)(c)          3rd   Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender less than 18 years of age.
 1831  800.04(7)(b)          2nd   Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender 18 years of age or older.
 1832  806.111(1)            3rd   Possess, manufacture, or dispense fire bomb with intent to damage any structure or property.
 1833  812.0145(2)(b)        2nd   Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $10,000 or more but less than $50,000.
 1834  812.015 (8)(a) & (c)-(e)   3rd   Retail theft; property stolen is valued at $750 or more and one or more specified acts.
 1835  812.015(8)(f)         3rd   Retail theft; multiple thefts within specified period.
 1836  812.019(1)            2nd   Stolen property; dealing in or trafficking in.
 1837  812.081(3)            2nd   Trafficking in trade secrets.    
 1838  812.131(2)(b)         3rd   Robbery by sudden snatching.     
 1839  812.16(2)             3rd   Owning, operating, or conducting a chop shop.
 1840  817.034(4)(a)2.       2nd   Communications fraud, value $20,000 to $50,000.
 1841  817.234(11)(b)        2nd   Insurance fraud; property value $20,000 or more but less than $100,000.
 1842  817.2341(1), (2)(a) & (3)(a)   3rd   Filing false financial statements, making false entries of material fact or false statements regarding property values relating to the solvency of an insuring entity.
 1843  817.568(2)(b)         2nd   Fraudulent use of personal identification information; value of benefit, services received, payment avoided, or amount of injury or fraud, $5,000 or more or use of personal identification information of 10 or more persons.
 1844  817.611(2)(a)         2nd   Traffic in or possess 5 to 14 counterfeit credit cards or related documents.
 1845  817.625(2)(b)         2nd   Second or subsequent fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder.
 1846  825.1025(4)           3rd   Lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of an elderly person or disabled adult.
 1847  827.071(4)            2nd   Possess with intent to promote any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes child pornography.
 1848  827.071(5)            3rd   Possess, control, or intentionally view any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes child pornography.
 1849  828.12(2)             3rd   Tortures any animal with intent to inflict intense pain, serious physical injury, or death.
 1850  836.14(4)             2nd   Person who willfully promotes for financial gain a sexually explicit image of an identifiable person without consent.
 1851  839.13(2)(b)          2nd   Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency involving great bodily harm or death.
 1852  843.01                3rd   Resist officer with violence to person; resist arrest with violence.
 1853  847.0135(5)(b)        2nd   Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender 18 years or older.
 1854  847.0137 (2) & (3)    3rd   Transmission of pornography by electronic device or equipment.
 1855  847.0138 (2) & (3)    3rd   Transmission of material harmful to minors to a minor by electronic device or equipment.
 1856  874.05(1)(b)          2nd   Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang; second or subsequent offense.
 1857  874.05(2)(a)          2nd   Encouraging or recruiting person under 13 years of age to join a criminal gang.
 1858  893.13(1)(a)1.        2nd   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs).
 1859  893.13(1)(c)2.        2nd   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis (or other s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs) within 1,000 feet of a child care facility, school, or state, county, or municipal park or publicly owned recreational facility or community center.
 1860  893.13(1)(d)1.        1st   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs) within 1,000 feet of university.
 1861  893.13(1)(e)2.        2nd   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis or other drug prohibited under s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) within 1,000 feet of property used for religious services or a specified business site.
 1862  893.13(1)(f)1.        1st   Sell, manufacture, or deliver cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs) within 1,000 feet of public housing facility.
 1863  893.13(4)(b)          2nd   Use or hire of minor; deliver to minor other controlled substance.
 1864  893.1351(1)           3rd   Ownership, lease, or rental for trafficking in or manufacturing of controlled substance.
 1865  
 1866         Section 29. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1867  921.0024, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1868         921.0024 Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations;
 1869  scoresheets.—
 1870         (1)
 1871         (b) WORKSHEET KEY:
 1872  
 1873  Legal status points are assessed when any form of legal status
 1874  existed at the time the offender committed an offense before the
 1875  court for sentencing. Four (4) sentence points are assessed for
 1876  an offender’s legal status.
 1877  
 1878  Community sanction violation points are assessed when a
 1879  community sanction violation is before the court for sentencing.
 1880  Six (6) sentence points are assessed for each community sanction
 1881  violation and each successive community sanction violation,
 1882  unless any of the following apply:
 1883         1. If the community sanction violation includes a new
 1884  felony conviction before the sentencing court, twelve (12)
 1885  community sanction violation points are assessed for the
 1886  violation, and for each successive community sanction violation
 1887  involving a new felony conviction.
 1888         2. If the community sanction violation is committed by a
 1889  violent felony offender of special concern as defined in s.
 1890  948.06:
 1891         a. Twelve (12) community sanction violation points are
 1892  assessed for the violation and for each successive violation of
 1893  felony probation or community control where:
 1894         I. The violation does not include a new felony conviction;
 1895  and
 1896         II. The community sanction violation is not based solely on
 1897  the probationer or offender’s failure to pay costs or fines or
 1898  make restitution payments.
 1899         b. Twenty-four (24) community sanction violation points are
 1900  assessed for the violation and for each successive violation of
 1901  felony probation or community control where the violation
 1902  includes a new felony conviction.
 1903  
 1904  Multiple counts of community sanction violations before the
 1905  sentencing court shall not be a basis for multiplying the
 1906  assessment of community sanction violation points.
 1907  
 1908  Prior serious felony points: If the offender has a primary
 1909  offense or any additional offense ranked in level 8, level 9, or
 1910  level 10, and one or more prior serious felonies, a single
 1911  assessment of thirty (30) points shall be added. For purposes of
 1912  this section, a prior serious felony is an offense in the
 1913  offender’s prior record that is ranked in level 8, level 9, or
 1914  level 10 under s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 and for which the
 1915  offender is serving a sentence of confinement, supervision, or
 1916  other sanction or for which the offender’s date of release from
 1917  confinement, supervision, or other sanction, whichever is later,
 1918  is within 3 years before the date the primary offense or any
 1919  additional offense was committed.
 1920  
 1921  Prior capital felony points: If the offender has one or more
 1922  prior capital felonies in the offender’s criminal record, points
 1923  shall be added to the subtotal sentence points of the offender
 1924  equal to twice the number of points the offender receives for
 1925  the primary offense and any additional offense. A prior capital
 1926  felony in the offender’s criminal record is a previous capital
 1927  felony offense for which the offender has entered a plea of nolo
 1928  contendere or guilty or has been found guilty; or a felony in
 1929  another jurisdiction which is a capital felony in that
 1930  jurisdiction, or would be a capital felony if the offense were
 1931  committed in this state.
 1932  
 1933  Possession of a firearm, semiautomatic firearm, or machine gun:
 1934  If the offender is convicted of committing or attempting to
 1935  commit any felony other than those enumerated in s. 775.087(2)
 1936  while having in his or her possession: a firearm as defined in
 1937  s. 790.001 s. 790.001(6), an additional eighteen (18) sentence
 1938  points are assessed; or if the offender is convicted of
 1939  committing or attempting to commit any felony other than those
 1940  enumerated in s. 775.087(3) while having in his or her
 1941  possession a semiautomatic firearm as defined in s. 775.087(3)
 1942  or a machine gun as defined in s. 790.001 s. 790.001(9), an
 1943  additional twenty-five (25) sentence points are assessed.
 1944  
 1945  Sentencing multipliers:
 1946  
 1947  Drug trafficking: If the primary offense is drug trafficking
 1948  under s. 893.135, the subtotal sentence points are multiplied,
 1949  at the discretion of the court, for a level 7 or level 8
 1950  offense, by 1.5. The state attorney may move the sentencing
 1951  court to reduce or suspend the sentence of a person convicted of
 1952  a level 7 or level 8 offense, if the offender provides
 1953  substantial assistance as described in s. 893.135(4).
 1954  
 1955  Law enforcement protection: If the primary offense is a
 1956  violation of the Law Enforcement Protection Act under s.
 1957  775.0823(2), (3), or (4), the subtotal sentence points are
 1958  multiplied by 2.5. If the primary offense is a violation of s.
 1959  775.0823(5), (6), (7), (8), or (9), the subtotal sentence points
 1960  are multiplied by 2.0. If the primary offense is a violation of
 1961  s. 784.07(3) or s. 775.0875(1), or of the Law Enforcement
 1962  Protection Act under s. 775.0823(10) or (11), the subtotal
 1963  sentence points are multiplied by 1.5.
 1964  
 1965  Grand theft of a motor vehicle: If the primary offense is grand
 1966  theft of the third degree involving a motor vehicle and in the
 1967  offender’s prior record, there are three or more grand thefts of
 1968  the third degree involving a motor vehicle, the subtotal
 1969  sentence points are multiplied by 1.5.
 1970  
 1971  Offense related to a criminal gang: If the offender is convicted
 1972  of the primary offense and committed that offense for the
 1973  purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of
 1974  a criminal gang as defined in s. 874.03, the subtotal sentence
 1975  points are multiplied by 1.5. If applying the multiplier results
 1976  in the lowest permissible sentence exceeding the statutory
 1977  maximum sentence for the primary offense under chapter 775, the
 1978  court may not apply the multiplier and must sentence the
 1979  defendant to the statutory maximum sentence.
 1980  
 1981  Domestic violence in the presence of a child: If the offender is
 1982  convicted of the primary offense and the primary offense is a
 1983  crime of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, which was
 1984  committed in the presence of a child under 16 years of age who
 1985  is a family or household member as defined in s. 741.28(3) with
 1986  the victim or perpetrator, the subtotal sentence points are
 1987  multiplied by 1.5.
 1988  
 1989  Adult-on-minor sex offense: If the offender was 18 years of age
 1990  or older and the victim was younger than 18 years of age at the
 1991  time the offender committed the primary offense, and if the
 1992  primary offense was an offense committed on or after October 1,
 1993  2014, and is a violation of s. 787.01(2) or s. 787.02(2), if the
 1994  violation involved a victim who was a minor and, in the course
 1995  of committing that violation, the defendant committed a sexual
 1996  battery under chapter 794 or a lewd act under s. 800.04 or s.
 1997  847.0135(5) against the minor; s. 787.01(3)(a)2. or 3.; s.
 1998  787.02(3)(a)2. or 3.; s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s.
 1999  800.04; or s. 847.0135(5), the subtotal sentence points are
 2000  multiplied by 2.0. If applying the multiplier results in the
 2001  lowest permissible sentence exceeding the statutory maximum
 2002  sentence for the primary offense under chapter 775, the court
 2003  may not apply the multiplier and must sentence the defendant to
 2004  the statutory maximum sentence.
 2005         Section 30. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
 2006  943.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2007         943.051 Criminal justice information; collection and
 2008  storage; fingerprinting.—
 2009         (3)
 2010         (b) A minor who is charged with or found to have committed
 2011  the following offenses shall be fingerprinted and the
 2012  fingerprints shall be submitted electronically to the
 2013  department, unless the minor is issued a civil citation pursuant
 2014  to s. 985.12:
 2015         1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011.
 2016         2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03.
 2017         3. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2)
 2018  s. 790.01(1).
 2019         4. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined
 2020  in s. 790.1615(1).
 2021         5. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e).
 2022         6. Assault or battery on a law enforcement officer, a
 2023  firefighter, or other specified officers, as defined in s.
 2024  784.07(2)(a) and (b).
 2025         7. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053.
 2026         8. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03.
 2027         9. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s.
 2028  790.22(5).
 2029         10. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3).
 2030         11. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
 2031         12. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1).
 2032         13. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm
 2033  at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as provided
 2034  in s. 790.115.
 2035         Section 31. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
 2036  943.0585, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2037         943.0585 Court-ordered expunction of criminal history
 2038  records.—
 2039         (1) ELIGIBILITY.—A person is eligible to petition a court
 2040  to expunge a criminal history record if:
 2041         (d) The person has never, as of the date the application
 2042  for a certificate of expunction is filed, been adjudicated
 2043  guilty in this state of a criminal offense or been adjudicated
 2044  delinquent in this state for committing any felony or any of the
 2045  following misdemeanors, unless the record of such adjudication
 2046  of delinquency has been expunged pursuant to s. 943.0515:
 2047         1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011;
 2048         2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03;
 2049         3. Assault on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or
 2050  other specified officers, as defined in s. 784.07(2)(a);
 2051         4. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2)
 2052  s. 790.01(1);
 2053         5. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053;
 2054         6. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm
 2055  at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as defined in
 2056  s. 790.115;
 2057         7. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined
 2058  in s. 790.1615(1);
 2059         8. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s.
 2060  790.22(5);
 2061         9. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03;
 2062         10. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1);
 2063         11. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3);
 2064         12. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e); or
 2065         13. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
 2066         Section 32. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 2067  943.059, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2068         943.059 Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records.—
 2069         (1) ELIGIBILITY.—A person is eligible to petition a court
 2070  to seal a criminal history record when:
 2071         (b) The person has never, before the date the application
 2072  for a certificate of eligibility is filed, been adjudicated
 2073  guilty in this state of a criminal offense, or been adjudicated
 2074  delinquent in this state for committing any felony or any of the
 2075  following misdemeanor offenses, unless the record of such
 2076  adjudication of delinquency has been expunged pursuant to s.
 2077  943.0515:
 2078         1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011;
 2079         2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03;
 2080         3. Assault on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or
 2081  other specified officers, as defined in s. 784.07(2)(a);
 2082         4. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2)
 2083  s. 790.01(1);
 2084         5. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053;
 2085         6. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm
 2086  at a school-sponsored event or on school property, as defined in
 2087  s. 790.115;
 2088         7. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined
 2089  in s. 790.1615(1);
 2090         8. Unlawful possession of a firearm by a minor, as defined
 2091  in s. 790.22(5);
 2092         9. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03;
 2093         10. Arson, as defined in s. 806.031(1);
 2094         11. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014(3);
 2095         12. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e); or
 2096         13. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
 2097         Section 33. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 2098  985.11, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2099         985.11 Fingerprinting and photographing.—
 2100         (1)
 2101         (b) Unless the child is issued a civil citation or is
 2102  participating in a similar diversion program pursuant to s.
 2103  985.12, a child who is charged with or found to have committed
 2104  one of the following offenses shall be fingerprinted, and the
 2105  fingerprints shall be submitted to the Department of Law
 2106  Enforcement as provided in s. 943.051(3)(b):
 2107         1. Assault, as defined in s. 784.011.
 2108         2. Battery, as defined in s. 784.03.
 2109         3. Carrying a concealed weapon, as defined in s. 790.01(2)
 2110  s. 790.01(1).
 2111         4. Unlawful use of destructive devices or bombs, as defined
 2112  in s. 790.1615(1).
 2113         5. Neglect of a child, as defined in s. 827.03(1)(e).
 2114         6. Assault on a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, or
 2115  other specified officers, as defined in s. 784.07(2)(a).
 2116         7. Open carrying of a weapon, as defined in s. 790.053.
 2117         8. Exposure of sexual organs, as defined in s. 800.03.
 2118         9. Unlawful possession of a firearm, as defined in s.
 2119  790.22(5).
 2120         10. Petit theft, as defined in s. 812.014.
 2121         11. Cruelty to animals, as defined in s. 828.12(1).
 2122         12. Arson, resulting in bodily harm to a firefighter, as
 2123  defined in s. 806.031(1).
 2124         13. Unlawful possession or discharge of a weapon or firearm
 2125  at a school-sponsored event or on school property as defined in
 2126  s. 790.115.
 2127  
 2128  A law enforcement agency may fingerprint and photograph a child
 2129  taken into custody upon probable cause that such child has
 2130  committed any other violation of law, as the agency deems
 2131  appropriate. Such fingerprint records and photographs shall be
 2132  retained by the law enforcement agency in a separate file, and
 2133  these records and all copies thereof must be marked “Juvenile
 2134  Confidential.” These records are not available for public
 2135  disclosure and inspection under s. 119.07(1) except as provided
 2136  in ss. 943.053 and 985.04(2), but shall be available to other
 2137  law enforcement agencies, criminal justice agencies, state
 2138  attorneys, the courts, the child, the parents or legal
 2139  custodians of the child, their attorneys, and any other person
 2140  authorized by the court to have access to such records. In
 2141  addition, such records may be submitted to the Department of Law
 2142  Enforcement for inclusion in the state criminal history records
 2143  and used by criminal justice agencies for criminal justice
 2144  purposes. These records may, in the discretion of the court, be
 2145  open to inspection by anyone upon a showing of cause. The
 2146  fingerprint and photograph records shall be produced in the
 2147  court whenever directed by the court. Any photograph taken
 2148  pursuant to this section may be shown by a law enforcement
 2149  officer to any victim or witness of a crime for the purpose of
 2150  identifying the person who committed such crime.
 2151         Section 34. Paragraph (b) of subsection (16) of section
 2152  1002.33, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2153         1002.33 Charter schools.—
 2154         (16) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.—
 2155         (b) Additionally, a charter school shall be in compliance
 2156  with the following statutes:
 2157         1. Section 286.011, relating to public meetings and
 2158  records, public inspection, and criminal and civil penalties.
 2159         2. Chapter 119, relating to public records.
 2160         3. Section 1003.03, relating to the maximum class size,
 2161  except that the calculation for compliance pursuant to s.
 2162  1003.03 shall be the average at the school level.
 2163         4. Section 1012.22(1)(c), relating to compensation and
 2164  salary schedules.
 2165         5. Section 1012.33(5), relating to workforce reductions.
 2166         6. Section 1012.335, relating to contracts with
 2167  instructional personnel hired on or after July 1, 2011.
 2168         7. Section 1012.34, relating to the substantive
 2169  requirements for performance evaluations for instructional
 2170  personnel and school administrators.
 2171         8. Section 1006.12, relating to safe-school officers.
 2172         9. Section 1006.07(7), relating to threat management
 2173  assessment teams.
 2174         10. Section 1006.07(9), relating to School Environmental
 2175  Safety Incident Reporting.
 2176         11. Section 1006.07(10), relating to reporting of
 2177  involuntary examinations.
 2178         12. Section 1006.1493, relating to the Florida Safe Schools
 2179  Assessment Tool.
 2180         13. Section 1006.07(6)(d), relating to adopting an active
 2181  assailant response plan.
 2182         14. Section 943.082(4)(b), relating to the mobile
 2183  suspicious activity reporting tool.
 2184         15. Section 1012.584, relating to youth mental health
 2185  awareness and assistance training.
 2186         Section 35. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of $1.5
 2187  million in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
 2188  appropriated to the Department of Law Enforcement to implement a
 2189  grant program for local law enforcement agencies to provide
 2190  firearm safety training. The department shall develop a process
 2191  and guidelines for the disbursement of funds appropriated in
 2192  this section. Local law enforcement grant recipients shall
 2193  report documentation on the use of training funds, in a form and
 2194  manner determined by the department.
 2195         Section 36. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, eight full-time
 2196  equivalent positions, with associated salary rate of 582,000,
 2197  are authorized and the sums of $1,207,321 in recurring funds and
 2198  $70,525 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund are
 2199  appropriated to the Department of Education to fund new and
 2200  existing positions and additional workload expenses within the
 2201  Office of Safe Schools.
 2202         Section 37. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of
 2203  $400,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
 2204  appropriated to the Department of Education to fund the Office
 2205  of Safe Schools to update the existing school safety training
 2206  infrastructure.
 2207         Section 38. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sums of $5
 2208  million in recurring funds and $7 million in nonrecurring funds
 2209  from the General Revenue Fund are appropriated to the Department
 2210  of Education to competitively procure for the development or
 2211  acquisition of a cloud-based secure statewide information
 2212  sharing system that meets the requirements of the threat
 2213  management portal as prescribed in this act.
 2214         Section 39. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sums of $1.5
 2215  million in recurring funds and $1.5 million in nonrecurring
 2216  funds from the General Revenue Fund are appropriated to the
 2217  Department of Education to competitively procure for the
 2218  development or acquisition of a cloud-based secure School
 2219  Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR) system.
 2220         Section 40. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of $42
 2221  million in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
 2222  appropriated to the Department of Education for school hardening
 2223  grant programs to improve the physical security of school
 2224  buildings based on the security risk assessment required
 2225  pursuant to s. 1006.1493, Florida Statutes. By December 31,
 2226  2023, school districts and charter schools receiving school
 2227  hardening grant program funds shall report to the Department of
 2228  Education, in a format prescribed by the department, the total
 2229  estimated costs of their unmet school campus hardening needs as
 2230  identified by the Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool (FSSAT)
 2231  conducted pursuant to s. 1006.1493, Florida Statutes. The report
 2232  should include a prioritized list of school hardening project
 2233  needs by each school district or charter school and an expected
 2234  timeframe for implementing those projects. In accordance with
 2235  ss. 119.071(3)(a) and 281.301, Florida Statutes, data and
 2236  information related to security risk assessments administered
 2237  pursuant to s. 1006.1493, Florida Statutes, are confidential and
 2238  exempt from public records requirements. Funds may be used only
 2239  for capital expenditures. Funds shall be allocated initially
 2240  based on each district’s capital outlay full-time equivalent
 2241  (FTE) and charter school FTE. A district shall not be allocated
 2242  less than $42,000. Funds shall be provided based on a district’s
 2243  application, which must be submitted to the Department of
 2244  Education by February 1, 2024.
 2245         Section 41. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 2246  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 2247  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 2248  2023.
 2249  
 2250  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 2251  And the title is amended as follows:
 2252         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 2253  and insert:
 2254                        A bill to be entitled                      
 2255         An act relating to public safety; amending s. 27.53,
 2256         F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
 2257         act; amending s. 30.15, F.S.; requiring sheriffs to
 2258         assist private schools in complying with a certain
 2259         statute; authorizing a private school to request the
 2260         sheriff to establish a guardian program under certain
 2261         conditions; providing requirements for the guardian
 2262         program; authorizing certified individuals to serve as
 2263         school guardians if appointed by the applicable
 2264         private school head of school; revising the training
 2265         program hours required for school employees to be
 2266         certified as school guardians; amending s. 768.28,
 2267         F.S.; revising a definition; amending s. 790.001,
 2268         F.S.; defining the term “handgun”; amending s. 790.01,
 2269         F.S.; authorizing a person to carry a concealed weapon
 2270         or concealed firearm if he or she is licensed to do so
 2271         or meets specified requirements; specifying that the
 2272         state bears the burden of proof for certain
 2273         violations; creating s. 790.013, F.S.; requiring a
 2274         person who is carrying a concealed weapon or concealed
 2275         firearm without a license to carry valid
 2276         identification and display such identification upon
 2277         demand by a law enforcement officer; providing a
 2278         noncriminal penalty; prohibiting a person who is
 2279         carrying a concealed weapon or concealed firearm
 2280         without a license from carrying such weapon or firearm
 2281         in specified locations; amending s. 790.015, F.S.;
 2282         authorizing a nonresident to carry a concealed weapon
 2283         or concealed firearm in this state if he or she meets
 2284         the same requirements as a resident; removing a
 2285         requirement that limits recognition of concealed
 2286         firearm licenses to those states that honor Florida
 2287         concealed weapon or concealed firearm licenses;
 2288         amending s. 790.052, F.S.; conforming provisions to
 2289         changes made by the act; amending s. 790.053, F.S.;
 2290         specifying that it is not a violation of specified
 2291         provisions for persons authorized to carry a concealed
 2292         weapon or concealed firearm without a license to
 2293         briefly and openly display a firearm under specified
 2294         circumstances; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; defining the
 2295         term “concealed weapon or concealed firearm”; removing
 2296         a requirement that a person who is licensed to carry a
 2297         concealed weapon or concealed firearm must carry such
 2298         license while he or she is in actual possession of a
 2299         concealed weapon or concealed firearm; revising
 2300         legislative findings; making technical changes;
 2301         amending s. 790.0655, F.S.; making technical changes;
 2302         amending s. 790.115, F.S.; providing that a person who
 2303         is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed
 2304         firearm without a license is subject to specified
 2305         penalties for possessing such weapon or firearm at a
 2306         school-sponsored event or on school property;
 2307         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 2308         revising applicability; repealing s. 790.145, F.S.,
 2309         relating to the possession of firearms or destructive
 2310         devices within the premises of pharmacies; amending s.
 2311         790.25, F.S.; providing that a person who is
 2312         authorized to carry a concealed weapon or concealed
 2313         firearm may carry such weapon or firearm on his or her
 2314         person in a private conveyance under certain
 2315         circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made
 2316         by the act; making technical changes; amending s.
 2317         790.251, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
 2318         “employee” to include any person who is authorized to
 2319         carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm;
 2320         prohibiting an employer from conditioning employment
 2321         upon the fact that an employee or a prospective
 2322         employee is authorized to carry a concealed weapon or
 2323         concealed firearm; amending s. 790.31, F.S.; removing
 2324         the definition of the term “handgun”; creating s.
 2325         943.6873, F.S.; requiring each law enforcement agency
 2326         in this state to create and maintain an active
 2327         assailant response policy by a specified date;
 2328         providing requirements for the policy; amending s.
 2329         1001.212, F.S.; requiring the Office of Safe Schools
 2330         to develop a behavioral threat management operational
 2331         process by a specified date; providing requirements
 2332         for the process; revising provisions requiring the
 2333         office to develop a Florida-specific behavioral threat
 2334         assessment instrument by a specified date; revising
 2335         requirements for the instrument; requiring the office
 2336         to develop, host, maintain, and administer a threat
 2337         management portal by a specified date; providing
 2338         requirements for the threat management portal;
 2339         providing a noncriminal penalty for an individual
 2340         using the threat management portal for an unauthorized
 2341         purpose; deleting provisions providing for the
 2342         Statewide Threat Assessment Database Workgroup;
 2343         authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt
 2344         emergency rules; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.;
 2345         authorizing a private school to partner with a law
 2346         enforcement agency or security agency for specified
 2347         purposes; requiring a private school that establishes
 2348         a safe-school officer to comply with specified
 2349         provisions of law; providing that the private school
 2350         is responsible for certain implementation costs;
 2351         amending s. 1003.25, F.S.; revising information
 2352         included in verified reports of serious or recurrent
 2353         behavior patterns; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.;
 2354         redesignating threat assessment teams as threat
 2355         management teams; requiring a charter school governing
 2356         board to establish a threat management team; providing
 2357         requirements for a threat management team; requiring
 2358         the threat management team to prepare a specified
 2359         report; authorizing the state board to adopt emergency
 2360         rules; providing legislative findings; creating s.
 2361         1006.121, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education
 2362         to establish the Florida Safe Schools Canine Program;
 2363         requiring the Office of Safe Schools to consult with
 2364         specified entities; defining the term “firearm
 2365         detection canine”; providing requirements for the
 2366         program; requiring the State Board of Education to
 2367         adopt rules; amending s. 1006.13, F.S.; conforming
 2368         provisions to changes made by the act; providing
 2369         reporting requirements for certain school safety
 2370         incidents; amending ss. 790.1612, 810.095, 921.0022,
 2371         921.0024, 943.051, 943.0585, 943.059, 985.11, and
 2372         1002.33, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
 2373         by the act; providing appropriations; providing
 2374         effective dates.