SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB's 54 & 902

    Amendment No. 1

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11  The Committee on Fiscal Policy recommended the following

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 3, lines 3-13, delete all of those lines

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17  and insert:

18         775.082  Felony committed against a family member;

19  enhanced penalties--

20         (1)  Except as provided in subsection (2), the penalty

21  for any forcible felony, as defined in s. 776.08, shall be

22  reclassified as provided in this section if the victim is

23  related by lineal consanguinity to the defendant or if the

24  victim is the defendant's legal guardian.

25         (a)  A felony of the third degree shall be punishable

26  as if it were a felony of the second degree.

27         (b)  A felony of the second degree shall be punishable

28  as if it were a felony of the first degree.

29         (c)  A felony of the first degree shall be punishable

30  as if it were a life felony.

31         (2)  This section shall not apply to:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB's 54 & 902

    Amendment No. 1





 1         (a)  A sexual battery under s. 794.011(8);

 2         (b)  Incest under s. 826.04;

 3         (c)  Any forcible felony in which lineal consanguinity

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 5         (d)  Any offense in which the victim's relationship to

 6  the defendant would be subject to a greater penalty under

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