Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1702
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/31/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Burgess) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (313094) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 4 and 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 810.097, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is added to that
    8  section, to read:
    9         810.097 Trespass upon grounds or facilities of a school;
   10  penalties; arrest.—
   11         (5) As used in this section, the term:
   12         (a) “School” means the grounds or any facility, including
   13  school buses, of any kindergarten, elementary school, middle
   14  school, junior high school, or secondary school, whether public
   15  or nonpublic.
   16         (b) “School bus” means any vehicle operated, owned, or
   17  contracted by a school district for student transportation.
   18         (6) For purposes of this section, a clearly posted sign or
   19  a verbal warning provided by the school bus operator, the
   20  principal, a school district employee, or law enforcement
   21  personnel, indicating that unauthorized boarding or remaining on
   22  a school bus is prohibited and violators will be prosecuted,
   23  constitutes sufficient notice and satisfies the prior warning
   24  requirement necessary for immediate arrest and prosecution of
   25  any person who boards, enters, or remains upon a school bus
   26  without authorization.
   27         Section 2. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (9) of
   28  section 901.15, Florida Statutes, to read:
   29         901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.—A
   30  law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant
   31  when:
   32         (9) There is probable cause to believe that the person has
   33  committed:
   34         (g) Trespass upon school grounds or facilities, including
   35  school buses as defined in s. 810.097(5)(b), in violation of
   36  that section.
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   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete lines 223 - 229
   41  and insert:
   42         An act relating to education; amending s. 810.097,
   43         F.S.; defining the term “school bus”; specifying
   44         sufficient notice and prior warning for immediate
   45         arrest and prosecution for school bus trespassing;
   46         amending s. 901.15, F.S.; providing that a law
   47         enforcement officer may arrest a person without a
   48         warrant when there is probable cause to believe that
   49         the person has trespassed upon school grounds or
   50         facilities; amending s. 1002.42,