2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S1554: Public Safety

Legislative Summary

Citing this act as the "Florida First Responder and Florida Public Safety Act"; establishing a Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Unit within the Department of Law Enforcement; prohibiting first responder employment discrimination; providing for a unified 911 system for every county-level first responder agency by a specified date; requiring a 911 call center to dispatch the closest unit to an emergency regardless of jurisdiction; creating the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal, etc.

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Bill History

2/27/2025
Filed
Senate
3/6/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
Senate
3/10/2025
Introduced
Senate
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Jay Collins
Jay Collins
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text2/27/202553.6 KB