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The Florida Senate
                                 HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY
         Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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BILL:                  CS/CS/CS/HB 1224, 1 Eng.
INTRODUCER:            Committee on Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil
                       Justice, Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, and Senator Burton
SUBJECT:               Protection of Children and Victims of Crime
DATE:                  March 4, 2024
 I.Amendments Contained in Message:
        House Amendment — 114061 (body with title)
II.Summary of Amendments Contained in Message:
        House Amendment — 114061 (body with title)
        The amendment alters some of the requirements of the domestic violence lethality assessment.
        Specifically, the amendment:
         Requires consultation with the Florida Sheriffs Association, the Florida Police Chiefs
           Association, the Partnership to End Domestic Violence, and at least two domestic violence
           advocacy organizations to develop the policies, procedures, and training necessary for
           implementation of a statewide evidence-based lethality assessment.
         Requires an analysis of the questions of the lethality assessment placed in statute by the bill,
           and recommendations as to whether they should be included in a statewide lethality
           assessment instrument and form; if questions are eliminated from the assessment, the DCF
           must confirm that the remaining or altered questions constitute an evidence-based lethality
           assessment.
         Requires a report by the DCF to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House
           detailing the results and recommendations, including proposed statutory changes, of the
           creation of the lethality assessment instrument and form and report on the availability of
           additional evidence-based assessments that have been reviewed and approved by the Office
           on Violence Against Women within the US Department of Justice.
         Removes the requirement for an agency to make an officer’s certification inactive if the
           officer fails to complete the lethality assessment training.
         Requires the head of each law enforcement agency to provide written certification verifying
           the agency has complied with new training requirements, by November 1, 2026; and requires
           a report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House identifying each
           law enforcement agency not in compliance with the training requirements by January 1,
           2027.
         Conforming changes.
Statutes affected: 
S 1224 Filed: 39.00145, 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0132, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.621, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.807, 39.808, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 39.8298, 29.008, 39.6011, 40.24, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.441, 985.455, 985.461, 985.48, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065
S 1224 c1: 39.00145, 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0132, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.621, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.807, 39.808, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 29.008, 39.6011, 40.24, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.441, 985.455, 985.461, 985.48, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065
S 1224 c2: 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.621, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.808, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 29.008, 39.6011, 40.24, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.441, 985.455, 985.461, 985.48, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065
S 1224 c3: 39.00145, 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0132, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.621, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.807, 39.808, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 39.6011, 40.24, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.441, 985.455, 985.461, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065
S 1224 e1: 39.00145, 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0132, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.621, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.807, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 29.008, 39.6011, 40.24, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.441, 985.455, 985.461, 985.48, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065, 741.29
S 1224 e2: 39.00145, 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0132, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.807, 39.808, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 29.008, 39.6011, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.455, 985.461, 985.48, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065, 741.29
S 1224 er: 39.00145, 39.00146, 39.013, 39.01305, 39.0132, 39.0136, 39.01375, 39.407, 39.502, 39.522, 39.6241, 39.801, 39.807, 39.808, 39.815, 39.820, 39.822, 39.827, 39.8297, 29.008, 39.6011, 110.205, 320.08058, 943.053, 985.43, 985.455, 985.461, 985.48, 39.302, 39.521, 61.13, 119.071, 322.09, 394.495, 627.746, 934.255, 960.065, 741.29