SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2-D
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 685218
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11 Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1083. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (a) and
18 (b) of subsection (2) of section 790.115, Florida Statutes,
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20 790.115 Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms
21 at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited;
22 penalties; exceptions.--
23 (1) A person who exhibits any sword, sword cane,
24 firearm, electric weapon or device, destructive device, or
25 other weapon, including a razor blade, box cutter, or knife,
26 except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned
27 activities, in the presence of one or more persons in a rude,
28 careless, angry, or threatening manner and not in lawful
29 self-defense, at a school-sponsored event or on the grounds or
30 facilities of any school, school bus, or school bus stop, or
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1 or private elementary school, middle school, or secondary
2 school, during school hours or during the time of a sanctioned
3 school activity, commits a felony of the third degree,
4 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
5 775.084. This subsection does not apply to the exhibition of a
6 firearm or weapon on private real property within 1,000 feet
7 of a school by the owner of such property or by a person whose
8 presence on such property has been authorized, licensed, or
9 invited by the owner.
10 (2)(a) A person shall not possess any firearm,
11 electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other
12 weapon, including a razor blade, box cutter, or knife, except
13 as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, at a
14 school-sponsored event or on the property of any school,
15 school bus, or school bus stop,; however, a person may carry a
16 firearm:
17 1. In a case to a firearms program, class or function
18 which has been approved in advance by the principal or chief
19 administrative officer of the school as a program or class to
20 which firearms could be carried;
21 2. In a case to a vocational school having a firearms
22 training range; or
23 3. In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(5); except that
24 school districts may adopt written and published policies that
25 waive the exception in this subparagraph for purposes of
26 student and campus parking privileges.
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29 preschool, elementary school, middle school, junior high
30 school, secondary school, vocational school, or postsecondary
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1 (b) A person who willfully and knowingly possesses any
2 electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other
3 weapon, including a razor blade, box cutter, or knife, except
4 as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, in
5 violation of this subsection commits a felony of the third
6 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or
7 s. 775.084.
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
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17 amending s. 790.115, F.S.; eliminating certain
18 exceptions provided with respect to the
19 prohibition against possessing weapons or
20 firearms at school-sponsored events or on
21 school property;
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