HB 19 — Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence

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(c) "Dynamic website" means a website that generates webpages in real-time and which can change its content and layout depending on various parameters such as user preferences, time of day, and location.

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(d) The first meeting of the coordinating council must be held no later than October 1, 2025.

The coordinating council may hold its meetings through teleconference or other electronic means.

(5) DUTIES.—The HAVEN Coordinating Council shall:

(a) Develop a dynamic website with all of the following functions:

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The ability to synchronize with law enforcement databases to ensure real-time data sharing and updates.

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The ability to allow a person using the dynamic website to generate a unique phone number from which the user can use to call a 911 emergency telephone number when he or she is in need of assistance from law enforcement.

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The ability for a user to choose a personalized numerical code or phrase that discreetly alerts a law enforcement agency or sheriff's office when the user calls his or her uniquely generated phone number.

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The ability to automatically transmit specified data to a law enforcement agency or sheriff's office when a user calls his or her generated phone number and uses his or her Page 4 of 11 CODING:

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(b) Establish a public awareness campaign to inform the public about the dynamic website and its features.

(c) Coordinate with local law enforcement agencies and sheriffs to develop and implement a training program to ensure law enforcement officers are equipped to respond swiftly and effectively to alerts that are generated through the dynamic website.

(d) Meet at least quarterly to review relevant data, identify trends, and determine alternative or additional avenues of support for victims of domestic violence or dating violence.

(6) REPORTS.—The HAVEN Coordinating Council shall:

(a) Provide quarterly reports to local law enforcement agencies and sheriff's offices.

(b) By November 1 of each year, beginning in 2026, submit to the Governor, the Attorney General, the commissioner of the Department of Law Enforcement, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report that compiles the progress and cost breakdowns relating to the establishment of the dynamic website and, once the dynamic website is functioning, statistics relating to the usage and effectiveness of the website and the effectiveness of the coordinating council.

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hb19-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 19 2025 (7) FUNDING.— (a) The Legislature may appropriate funds annually to the Department of Law Enforcement to be used to implement this act.

(b) The HAVEN Coordinating Council may apply for and receive grants and accept donations to support the development and maintenance of the dynamic website.

(8) PREEMPTION.—This section supersedes any local government regulations on matters covered under this section.

A local government or political subdivision may not administer, implement, or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard, or provision that conflicts with this section.

(9) REPEAL.—In accordance with s.

20.052(8), this section is repealed October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

Section 741.401, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

741.401 Legislative findings;

purpose.—The Legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence or dating violence frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them.

The purpose of ss.

741.401-741.409 is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, to enable interagency cooperation with the Attorney General in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence and dating violence, and to enable state and local agencies to accept a program participant's use of an address designated by the Attorney General as a substitute mailing address.

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741.402Page Definitions;3 of 7 CODING:

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hb19-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 19 2025 741.402 Definitions;

(2) "Dating violence" means an actassault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical injury or death, or the threat of any such act, committed by an individual who has or has had a continuing and significant relationship of a romantic or intimate nature as defineddetermined by the factors listed in s.

784.046(1)(a)784.046(1)(d) andwith includesthe avictim, threatregardless of suchwhether these acts committedor Pagethreats 6have ofbeen 11reported CODING:to law enforcement officers.

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784.046(1)(d), regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers.

Section 3.4.

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hb19-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 19 2025 741.403 Address confidentiality program;

(a) A sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant Pagehas 7good reason to believe that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, is a victim of 11domestic CODING:violence or dating violence, and that the applicant fears for his or her safety or his or her children's safety or the safety of the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made.

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hb19-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 19 2025 has good reason to believe that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, is a victim of domestic violence or dating violence, and that the applicant fears for his or her safety or his or her children's safety or the safety of the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made.

Section 4.5.

Section 741.465,741.408, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

741.465Page Public5 records exemption for the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic7 Violence.—CODING: (1) For purposes of this section, the term "address" means a residential street address, school address, or work address, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Violence.

(2)(1) The addresses, corresponding telephone numbers, and social security numbers of program participants in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence held by the Office of the Attorney General are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution, except the information may be disclosed under the following circumstances:

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For purposes of this section, the term "address" means a residential street address, school address, or work address, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence.

(3)(2) The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of participants in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence contained in voter registration and voting records held by the supervisor of elections and the Department of State are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution, except the information may be disclosed under the following circumstances:

to a law enforcement agency for purposes of assisting in the execution of an arrest warrant or, if directed by a court order, to a person identified in the order.

This exemption applies to information made exempt by this subsection before, on, or after the effective date of the exemption.

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victims of stalking or aggravated stalking.—The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons who are victims of stalking or aggravated stalking Pageare 9exempt offrom 11s. CODING:

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Section 6.7.

960.001 Guidelines for fair treatment of victims and witnesses in the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems.— (1) The Department of Legal Affairs, the state attorneys, thePage Department6 of Corrections,7 theCODING: Department of Juvenile Justice, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, the State Courts Administrator and circuit court administrators, the Department of Law Enforcement, and every sheriff's department, police department, or other law enforcement agency as defined in s.

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(c) Information concerning protection available to victim or witness.—A victim or witness shall be furnished, as a matter Pageof 10course, ofwith 11information CODING:on steps that are available to law enforcement officers and state attorneys to protect victims and witnesses from intimidation.

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