Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H715: School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to school and child care facility emergency alerts; creating s. 784.072, F.S.; defining terms; requiring a local law enforcement agency to activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to public and private schools and child care facilities under certain circumstances; requiring local law enforcement agencies to create and maintain a list of such schools and facilities within their jurisdictions; providing requirements for the maintenance of such list…
From the introduced text, December 9, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to school and child care facility emergency alerts; creating s. 784.072, F.S.; defining terms; requiring a local law enforcement agency to activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to public and private schools and child care facilities under certain circumstances; requiring local law enforcement agencies to create and maintain a list of such schools and facilities within their jurisdictions; providing requirements for the maintenance of such list; providing immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; providing a presumption of good faith; providing construction; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with specified departments, to activate the emergency alert system and issue an Imminent Threat Alert at the request of a local law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; providing requirements for the issuance of Imminent Threat Alerts; providing immunity from civil liability to certain persons for damages for complying in good faith with specified provisions; providing a presumption of good faith; providing construction; providing an effective date. words underlined are additions. hb715-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 715 2026 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 784.072, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 784.072 Notification of imminent threat to schools and child care facilities …
Sponsors
- Young, RaShon (D, HD-040) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099)
- Eskamani, Anna (D, HD-042)
- Harris, Rita (D, HD-044)
- Joseph, Dotie (D, HD-108)
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
- Rayner (D, 62)
- Spencer, Leonard (D, HD-045)
Latest actions
- : Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
- : Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H715?
- H715 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts.
- What does H715 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to school and child care facility emergency alerts; creating s. 784.072, F.S.; defining terms; requiring a local law enforcement agency to activate the emergency alert system and issue a Ya Ya Alert to public and private schools and child care facilities under certain circumstances; requiring local law enforcement agencies to create and maintain a list of such schools and facilities within their jurisdictions; providing requirements for the maintenance of such list…
- What is the status of H715?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H715?
- Young, RaShon (D, HD-040), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H715?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/715
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