The Florida Senate

HB 317: False Personation of a Law Enforcement Officer

GENERAL BILL by Robaina ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Ford

False Personation of a Law Enforcement Officer; Revises provisions relating to unlawfully showing or displaying certain lights; provides that unlawful display of blue lights is misdemeanor of first degree; revises provisions relating to falsely impersonating an officer; subdividing penalty provisions for purpose of referencing such provisions; increases penalties for unlawful use of flashing or rotating blue lights, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/13/2009	House	• Filed
  2/6/2009	House	• Referred to Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC); Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care
  2/10/2009	House	• On Committee agenda-- Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP), 02/17/09, 8:45 am, 404-H
  2/17/2009	House	• Favorable by Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); YEAS 8 NAYS 0; Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
  3/3/2009	House	• Introduced, referred to Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC); Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care -HJ 00032; On Committee agenda-- Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP), 02/17/09, 8:45 am, 404-H; Favorable by Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00134; Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council -HJ 00134
  3/4/2009	House	• On Council agenda-- Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council, 03/06/09, 10:30 am, 404-H
  3/6/2009	House	• Favorable by Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 00197
  3/9/2009	House	• Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC) -HJ 00197
  3/17/2009	House	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC), 03/19/09, 10:00 am, 216-C
  3/19/2009	House	• Favorable by Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00234; Now in Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care -HJ 00234
  3/26/2009	House	• On Council agenda-- Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care, 03/30/09, 1:15 pm, Webster Hall
  3/30/2009	House	• Favorable by- Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care; YEAS 31 NAYS 0 -HJ 00318; Placed on Calendar -HJ 00318
  5/2/2009	House	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died on Calendar

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• HB 317, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2009 at 5:21 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:

  Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Public Safety and Domestic Security Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf) Public Safety and Domestic Security Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 640	False Impersonation of a Law Enforcement Officer [SPSC]	Garcia	Identical	Last Action: 4/22/2009 S Withdrawn from Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 00454; Withdrawn from further consideration -SJ 00454 Location:

  Citations - Statutes (5)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  316.2397	Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.
  843.08	Falsely personating officer, etc.
  843.081	Prohibited use of certain lights; penalty.
  843.085	Unlawful use of police badges or other indicia of authority.
  921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.

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