Florida · House Bill 715 · 2026 Regular Session

School and Child Care Facility Emergency Alerts

HB 715 Sponsored by RaShon Young Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 9, 2025
  2. In committee Dec 16, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Oct 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

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…

Read the full title (134 words)

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.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Education Administration Subcommittee · House Education Administration Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Justice Budget Subcommittee · House Justice Budget Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary Committee · House Judiciary Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  7. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  8. CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · House Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 7 cosponsors: 7 Democrats.

All 7 cosponsors

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.