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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
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DeSantis signs law allowing child care center employees to undergo training to carry guns
Employees of child care centers would have to undergo a 144-hour training as part of the expanded school guardian program (Getty Images) Child care center employees can undergo training to carry guns at work under a law Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday. The change is part of an expansion of the school guardian program that already allows public and private school employees to act as law enforcement when an active shooter enters their campus. The Florida Legislature established the program after the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people. Currently, 53 counties participate in the program, which requires volunteer school employees to undergo a 144-hour training, according to a legislative analysis of the bill, SB 1470, which lawmakers passed unanimously. 'I think that's going to be something that people are going to like,' DeSantis said of the program expansion during a Wednesday press conference at Winter Haven Senior High. Additionally, the law revises school door locking requirements, appeasing sheriffs' concerns. The new law allows classrooms to use temporary locks, requires school safety protocol to apply for 30 minutes before and after school, and exempts door locking for career and technical education classrooms where ventilation is required. 'I think what the Legislature did is they tweaked this. They made sure that, yes, we want to be able to create blocks to keep bad guys out, but we also want it to be practical,' the governor said. 'We want to make sure people are able to do their daily tasks and get to where they need to go.' Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd previously told Florida Phoenix that the door-locking law passed in 2024 was 'clunky and difficult to understand and easy to violate it even without the intent to violate it.' DeSantis signed two other bills. HB 279 brings harsher penalties for false reporting of a crime, and HB 1099 gives police officers discretion over whether they should immediately arrest someone in a hospital, nursing home, or assisted living facility. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Politics
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Gov. Rhoden has signed 64 bills, including baby box bill
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Gov. Larry Rhoden has signed 64 bills into state law so far this legislative session. One of the most recent bills Rhoden signed on Thursday was House Bill 1044, which authorizes the use of safety boxes to anonymously surrender a newborn at an emergency location. Bill removing librarian defense heads for Senate floor The bill was named after Baby Gabriel, who was found dead in a Sioux Falls recycling center last August. Supporters of the bill say if the safe haven boxes had been legal in the state and another option was available instead of abandonment, it could have prevented Gabriel's death. 'Hopefully with these baby boxes, there will be fewer 'Baby Gabriels' and more babies in loving homes,' Rhoden said in a news release from Thursday. Rhoden also signed five other bills into law Thursday. SB 93 prohibits payment or rebate of insurance deductibles by contractors providing motor vehicle repair services SB 111 permits a court to order family therapy or reunification therapy in a custody or visitation dispute HB 1099 modifies the community paramedic endorsement HB 1144 adopts the dietitian licensure compact HB 1189 extends by two years the date on which moneys appropriated to the Governor's Office of Economic Development in 2021 for marketing, route restoration, business development, and air service marketing will revert to the general fund. KELOLAND News has reported twice on bills Rhoden signed. Our latest report from February 25 covered 43 bills. How Sioux Falls suspects were tracked down in Michigan From February 25 to March 5, Rhoden signed an additional 15 bills. SB 65 provides for the sale of certain real estate located in Pennington County and provides for the deposit of the proceeds SB 71 revises provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance SB 72 revises the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances SB 84 extends the timeframe for filling a vacancy in a board of county commissioners SB 97 allows the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance SB 109 permits a school district to implement a new or revised section 504 plan, individualized family service plan, or individualized education program for a student who is the child of an active-duty member of the United States armed forces HB 1042 makes an appropriation for the construction of historical exhibits at the Cultural Heritage Center HB 1053 requires age verification by websites containing material that is harmful to minors HB 1057 transfers moneys from the South Dakota-bred racing fund to the special racing revolving fund HB 1160 waives the driver license renewal period for members of the military and their families, and employees of the state department HB 1063 revises the provisions for preparing a fiscal note for ballot questions HB 1118 prohibits the award or use of state moneys for the research, production, promotion, sale, or distribution of cell-cultured protein HB 1052 prohibits the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide HB 1173 eliminates the cap on assessment amounts for road improvements HB 1095 extends the area in which a director for an irrigation district may reside All bills will go into effect on July 1, unless they have an emergency clause, then they go into effect immediately. The following bills have already taken effect and are currently being enforced: SB33 makes appropriations for water and environmental purposes and declares an emergency SB 35 modifies substances listed on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency HB 1014 modifies provisions related to emergency medical services personnel and to declare an emergency HB 1033 makes an appropriation for costs related to emergencies and disasters impacting the state and to declare an emergency HB 1034 makes an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of wildfires impacting the state and to declare an emergency HB1047 makes an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs and declares an emergency As of March 7, there are only five days left of this year's legislative session, including Veto Day. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
