Jim Ash | Tallahassee News

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist promotes safer buildings today when he heads to South Florida for a ceremonial bill signing.

Crist appears at 11:15 a.m. at a fire station in Hialeah to tout SB-1822, a new law that requires new buildings to have carbon monoxide detectors.

"Janelle's Law" is named for 19-year-old Janelle Bertot, who along with 25-year-old Anthony Perez died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2004.

The law requires buildings constructed after July 1, 2008 that have fireplaces, fossil fuel-burning heaters or appliances or attached garages to also have carbon monoxide detectors.

Called the "silent killer," carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced form such things as car exhaust, indoor heaters that burn fossil fuels and portable generators.

Senators Rudy Garcia, R-Hialeah and Charlie Justice, D-St. Petersburg and Representatives Eddy Gonzales, R-Hialeah Gardens and Ron Saunders, D-Tavernier, sponsored the legislation.