Florida Senate - 2024                              CS for SB 554
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Rules; and Senators Bradley and Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       595-03105-24                                           2024554c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to hot car death prevention; providing
    3         a short title; creating s. 683.336, F.S.; designating
    4         the month of April as “Hot Car Death Prevention
    5         Month”; providing that certain agencies and local
    6         governments are encouraged to sponsor events for a
    7         specified purpose; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Ariya’s Act.”
   12         Section 2. Section 683.336, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         683.336 Hot Car Death Prevention Month.—
   15         (1) The month of April is designated as “Hot Car Death
   16  Prevention Month” to raise awareness of the dangers of leaving
   17  children unattended in motor vehicles and how to prevent hot car
   18  deaths from occurring.
   19         (2) The Department of Children and Families, the Department
   20  of Health, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles,
   21  local governments, and other agencies are encouraged to sponsor
   22  events that promote public awareness and education on the
   23  dangers of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles and how
   24  to prevent hot car deaths, including, but not limited to, all of
   25  the following:
   26         (a) Motor vehicle safety for children.
   27         (b) Criminal penalties associated with leaving a child
   28  unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle.
   29         (c) Steps a bystander can take to rescue a child who is
   30  unattended in a motor vehicle and vulnerable or in imminent
   31  danger of suffering harm, as provided in s. 768.139(2).
   32         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.