Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 638
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/10/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Grall) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 103 - 123
    4  and insert:
    5         6. Is the aggressor violently or constantly jealous, or
    6  does the aggressor control most of your daily activities?
    7         7. Did you leave or separate from the aggressor after you
    8  were living together or married?
    9         8. Is the aggressor unemployed?
   10         9. To the best of your knowledge, has the aggressor ever
   11  attempted suicide?
   12         10. Do you have a child whom the aggressor believes is not
   13  the aggressor's biological child?
   14         11. Has the aggressor ever followed, spied on, or left
   15  threatening messages for you?
   16         12. Is there anything else that worries you about your
   17  safety and, if so, what worries you?
   18         (b) By July 1, 2025, all law enforcement officers who
   19  respond to or investigate crimes of domestic violence must be
   20  trained on the policies and procedures for administering a
   21  lethality assessment. A law enforcement officer may not
   22  administer a lethality assessment to a victim if the officer has
   23  not received training on administering a lethality assessment. A
   24  law enforcement officer shall advise the victim of the results
   25  of the assessment and refer the victim to the nearest locally
   26  certified domestic violence center if:
   27         1. The victim answers affirmatively to any of the questions
   28  provided in (2)(a)1.through (2)(a)4., of this section;
   29         2. The victim answers negatively to the questions in
   30  provided in(2)(a)1. through (2)(a)4. of this section, but
   31  affirmatively to at least four of the questions provided in
   32  (2)(a)5. through (2)(a)11. of this section; or
   33         3. As a result of the victim's response to subparagraph
   34  (2)(a) 12., the law enforcement officer believes the victim is
   35  in a potentially lethal situation.