{"id":328196,"date":"2026-07-03T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328196\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:10:08","slug":"what-is-lulus-law-shark-attack-alerts-headed-to-beachgoers-phones-under-new-florida-statute-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328196\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Lulu’s Law? Shark attack alerts headed to beachgoers’ phones under new Florida statute"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Lulu’s Law will send emergency alerts to beachgoers’ phones when a shark attack occurs nearby.<\/p>\n

The law was inspired by shark attack survivor Lulu Gribbin, who advocated for real-time public warnings.<\/p>\n

The FCC has 180 days to add shark attacks to the national Wireless Emergency Alerts system.<\/p>\n

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Beachgoers in Florida will soon receive emergency alerts on their mobile phones when a shark attack occurs nearby under a new law inspired by a teenage shark attack survivor.<\/p>\n

Known as Lulu’s Law, the measure requires shark attacks to be added to the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, allowing authorities to notify people in the area in real time.<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

The law is named after Lulu Gribbin<\/a>, who lost her left hand and part of her right leg in a 2024 shark attack in Florida’s Panhandle.<\/p>\n

Gribbin and her family spent years advocating for the legislation, saying timely alerts could help prevent additional attacks. According to the family, another person had been bitten by a shark about 90 minutes earlier and roughly three miles away, information they said could have kept Lulu out of the water.<\/p>\n

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The new law has drawn support from beachgoers in New Smyrna Beach, a community known for frequent shark encounters. Residents said immediate notifications could help families make informed decisions about entering the water, particularly during busy beach days and youth surf camps.<\/p>\n

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Marine researchers note that shark bites remain rare, with an estimated 60 to 80 unprovoked attacks reported worldwide each year. Even so, supporters say real-time warnings could reduce the risk of additional incidents following an attack.<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

The Federal Communications Commission now has 180 days to implement the alert system by adding shark attacks to the national Wireless Emergency Alerts program.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

This story was written based on information shared by Lulu Gribbin, the Federal Communications Commission, and Florida Statutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Lulu’s Law will send emergency alerts to beachgoers’ phones when a shark attack occurs nearby. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[135505,28,30,29,99706,135504,16538,135503],"class_list":["post-328196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-emergency-alerts","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-lulu","tag-lulu-gribbin","tag-shark-attack","tag-wireless-emergency-alerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}