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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 715

School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts
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SPONSOR
Young
FILED BY
RaShon Young — District 40, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
10/1/2026
DIED IN
Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Filed under Criminal Justice.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts; Requires local law enforcement agency to activate emergency alert system & issue Ya Ya Alert to public & private schools & child care facilities; requires local law enforcement agencies to create & maintain list of such schools & facilities within their jurisdictions; provides requirements for maintenance of such list; provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; provides presumption of good faith; requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified departments, to activate emergency alert system & issue Imminent Threat Alert at request of local law enforcement agency; provides requirements for issuance of Imminent Threat Alerts; provides immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; provides presumption of good faith.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Mandates law enforcement to issue emergency alerts to schools and the public.

Local law enforcement must activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to all schools and child care facilities within a 3-mile radius of an imminent threat.

The Department of Law Enforcement must issue an Imminent Threat Alert to the public and display it on state highway dynamic message signs when requested by local agencies.

Each local law enforcement agency must create and maintain a list of all public and private schools and child care facilities within its jurisdiction.

Agencies, media, and other entities are immune from civil liability for good-faith actions taken in recording or releasing these alerts.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Mandatory Ya Ya Alert to Schools and Child Care Facilities majors. 784.072(2)(a)

AILocal law enforcement must activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to all public and private schools and child care facilities within a 3-mile radius of an incident that gives rise to an imminent threat to the public.

“the agency must activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to all public and private schools and child care facilities within a 3-mile radius of the incident” bill text, line 58 →
§ 2 Mandatory Imminent Threat Alert to the Public majors. 784.072(3)

AIThe Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation, must activate the emergency alert system and issue an Imminent Threat Alert to the public when a local law enforcement agency confirms an imminent threat exists.

“the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation, must activate the emergency alert” bill text, line 111 →
§ 3 Mandatory Maintenance of School and Facility Lists moderates. 784.072(2)(b)

AIEach local law enforcement agency must create and maintain a list of all public schools, private schools, and child care facilities within its jurisdiction for the purpose of complying with the Ya Ya Alert requirements.

“each local law enforcement agency shall create and maintain a list of all public schools, private schools, and child care facilities within its jurisdiction” bill text, line 74 →
§ 4 Civil Liability Immunity for Alert Dissemination moderates. 784.072(2)(d)

AIAgencies, media, and other entities are immune from civil liability for damages for complying in good faith with the recording, reporting, transmitting, displaying, or releasing of Ya Ya Alert or Imminent Threat Alert information, and are presumed to have acted in good faith.

“is immune from civil liability for damages for complying in good faith with this subsection and is presumed to have acted in good faith” bill text, line 92 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
12/16/2025
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
12/16/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
12/16/2025
Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
12/16/2025
Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
12/16/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
12/9/2025
Filed
2 EARLIER →
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 784.072
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