Bill Text: FL S0554 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hot Car Death Prevention

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-21 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 591 [S0554 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S0554-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 554
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00986-24                                             2024554__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to hot car death prevention; providing
    3         a short title; creating s. 683.336, F.S.; designating
    4         the month of April as “Hot Car Death Prevention
    5         Month”; providing that certain agencies and local
    6         governments are encouraged to sponsor events for a
    7         specified purpose; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. This act may be cited as “Ariya’s Act.”
   12         Section 2. Section 683.336, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         683.336 Hot Car Death Prevention Month.—
   15         (1) The month of April is designated as “Hot Car Death
   16  Prevention Month” to raise awareness of the dangers of leaving
   17  children unattended in motor vehicles and how to prevent hot car
   18  deaths from occurring.
   19         (2) The Department of Children and Families, the Department
   20  of Health, local governments, and other agencies are encouraged
   21  to sponsor events that promote public awareness and education on
   22  the dangers of leaving children unattended in motor vehicles and
   23  how to prevent hot car deaths, including, but not limited to,
   24  all of the following:
   25         (a) Motor vehicle safety for children.
   26         (b) Criminal penalties associated with leaving a child
   27  unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle.
   28         (c) Steps a bystander can take to rescue a child who is
   29  unattended in a motor vehicle and vulnerable or in imminent
   30  danger of suffering harm, as provided in s. 768.139(2).
   31         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.