Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1554: Public Safety
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1554 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Safety. Primary sponsor: Collins. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 421 (Ch. 2025-9), CS/CS/CS/HB 1371 (Ch. 2025-176).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Public Safety; Citing this act as the “Florida First Responder and Florida Public Safety Act”; establishing a Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Unit within the Department of Law Enforcement; prohibiting first responder employment discrimination; providing for a unified 911 system for every county-level first responder agency by a specified date; requiring a 911 call center to dispatch the closest unit to an emergency regardless of jurisdiction; creating the Florida Medal of Valor and the Florida Blue/Red Heart Medal, etc.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Criminal Justice, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 421 (Ch. 2025-9), CS/CS/CS/HB 1371 (Ch. 2025-176)
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Introduced
- Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
- Filed