Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 513 on April 18.
Effective July 1, court clerks will be required to electronically transmit specified petitions, notices of hearings, summons and orders within a six-hour time frame, including orders for involuntary examination under the Baker Act, involuntary services under the Marchman Act and risk protection orders.
The legislation closes a gap in the law exposed by a Thanksgiving 2024 incident in Ormond Beach. A delay in delivering an ex parte order snowballed into an armed six-hour standoff between law enforcement and a military veteran experiencing a mental health crisis that ended with the man being shot to death by a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team sniper.