| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to self-murder; creating s. 782.081, F.S.; |
| 3 | defining the terms "deliberately assisting," "self- |
| 4 | murder," and "simulated self-murder"; prohibiting |
| 5 | conducting an event or providing a location for an event |
| 6 | that the person knows or reasonably should know includes |
| 7 | the act of self-murder; prohibiting deliberately assisting |
| 8 | in a self-murder; providing an exception for events in |
| 9 | which simulated self-murder is conducted; providing that a |
| 10 | violation of the act is a third-degree felony; authorizing |
| 11 | the Attorney General and state attorneys to enforce the |
| 12 | act through civil proceedings; providing an effective |
| 13 | date. |
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| 15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 17 | Section 1. Section 782.081, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 18 | to read: |
| 19 | 782.081 Commercial exploitation of self-murder.-- |
| 20 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
| 21 | (a) "Deliberately assisting" means carrying out a public |
| 22 | act that is intended to: |
| 23 | 1. Aid, abet, facilitate, permit, advocate, or encourage; |
| 24 | 2. Publicize, promote, advertise, operate, stage, |
| 25 | schedule or conduct; |
| 26 | 3. Provide or secure a venue, transportation, or |
| 27 | security; or |
| 28 | 4. Result in the collection of an admission or fee. |
| 29 | (b) "Self-murder" means the voluntary and intentional |
| 30 | taking of one's own life. As used in this section, the term |
| 31 | includes attempted self-murder. |
| 32 | (c) "Simulated self-murder" means the artistic depiction |
| 33 | or portrayal of self-murder which is not an actual self-murder. |
| 34 | The term includes, but is not limited to, an artistic depiction |
| 35 | or portrayal of self-murder in a script, play, movie, or story |
| 36 | presented to the public or during an event. |
| 37 | (2) A person may not for commercial or entertainment |
| 38 | purposes: |
| 39 | (a) Conduct any event that the person knows or reasonably |
| 40 | should know includes an actual self-murder as a part of the |
| 41 | event or deliberately assist in an actual self-murder. |
| 42 | (b) Provide a theater, auditorium, club, or other venue |
| 43 | or location for any event that the person knows or reasonably |
| 44 | should know includes an actual self-murder as a part of the |
| 45 | event. |
| 46 | (3) This section does not prohibit any event during which |
| 47 | simulated self-murder will occur. |
| 48 | (4) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this |
| 49 | section that an attempted self-murder did not result in a self- |
| 50 | murder. |
| 51 | (5) A person who violates this section commits a felony |
| 52 | of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
| 53 | 775.083, or s. 774.084. |
| 54 | (6) The Attorney General or any state attorney may bring |
| 55 | a civil proceeding for declaratory, injunctive, or other relief |
| 56 | to enforce the provisions of this section. |
| 57 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a |
| 58 | law. |