The Florida Senate

SB 896: School Safety

GENERAL BILL by Gaetz

School Safety; Authorizing public postsecondary educational institutions to participate in the school guardian program; authorizing certain college or university employees, faculty members, and students to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed weapon or concealed firearm into a college or university facility; creating the offense of discharging a weapon or firearm within 1,000 feet of a school, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/12/2025	Senate	• Filed

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• SB 896, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/12/2025 at 4:54 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 757	School Safety	Salzman	Similar	Last Action: 12/12/2025 H Filed

  Citations - Statutes (14)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  30.15	Powers, duties, and obligations.	Page 2 (pdf)
  402.305	Licensing standards; child care facilities.	Page 29 (pdf)
  790.013	Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearms without a license.	Page 30 (pdf)
  790.06	License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearm.	Page 11 (pdf)
  790.115	Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited; penalties; exceptions.	Page 13 (pdf)
  843.08	False personation.	Page 30 (pdf)
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 13 (pdf)
  943.03	Department of Law Enforcement.	Page 31 (pdf)
  943.082	School Safety Awareness Program.	Page 22 (pdf)
  1001.212	Office of Safe Schools.	Page 32 (pdf)
  1003.25	Procedures for maintenance and transfer of student records.	Page 23 (pdf)
  1006.07	District school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety.	Page 24 (pdf)
  1006.12	Safe-school officers at each public school.	Page 33 (pdf)
  1006.601		Page 27 (pdf)

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