Florida Senate - 2012                              CS for SB 964
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Benacquisto
       
       
       
       
       591-02368-12                                           2012964c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to protection of minors; providing a
    3         short title; amending s. 775.21, F.S.; requiring a
    4         person convicted of a second or subsequent violation
    5         of a specified video voyeurism provision to register
    6         as a sexual offender if the victim of the violation
    7         was a minor; amending s. 827.071, F.S.; providing that
    8         if more than one child is involved in a violation of
    9         provisions prohibiting sexual performance by a child,
   10         a separate offense may be charged for each child;
   11         amending s. 943.0435, F.S.; requiring a person
   12         convicted of a video voyeurism violation to register
   13         as a sexual offender if the victim of the violation
   14         was a minor; amending s. 810.145, F.S.; revising the
   15         definition of the term “place and time when a person
   16         has a reasonable expectation of privacy” to include
   17         the interior of a residential dwelling; increasing the
   18         classification of specified video voyeurism offenses
   19         involving minors; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking
   20         a violation of s. 810.145(8)(b), F.S., above its
   21         default value for purposes of the offense severity
   22         ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code;
   23         providing an effective date.
   24  
   25  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   26  
   27         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Protect Our
   28  Children Act.”
   29         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
   30  775.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   31         775.21 The Florida Sexual Predators Act.—
   32         (4) SEXUAL PREDATOR CRITERIA.—
   33         (a) For a current offense committed on or after October 1,
   34  1993, upon conviction, an offender shall be designated as a
   35  “sexual predator” under subsection (5), and subject to
   36  registration under subsection (6) and community and public
   37  notification under subsection (7) if:
   38         1. The felony is:
   39         a. A capital, life, or first-degree felony violation, or
   40  any attempt thereof, of s. 787.01 or s. 787.02, where the victim
   41  is a minor and the defendant is not the victim’s parent or
   42  guardian, or s. 794.011, s. 800.04, or s. 847.0145, or a
   43  violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction; or
   44         b. Any felony violation, or any attempt thereof, of s.
   45  787.01, s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a
   46  minor and the defendant is not the victim’s parent or guardian;
   47  s. 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s.
   48  796.035; s. 800.04; s. 810.145(8); s. 825.1025(2)(b); s.
   49  827.071; s. 847.0135(5); s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or a
   50  violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction, and the
   51  offender has previously been convicted of or found to have
   52  committed, or has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, regardless
   53  of adjudication, any violation of s. 787.01, s. 787.02, or s.
   54  787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the defendant is
   55  not the victim’s parent or guardian; s. 794.011, excluding s.
   56  794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s. 800.04; s.
   57  810.145(8); s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135,
   58  excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or a
   59  violation of a similar law of another jurisdiction;
   60         2. The offender has not received a pardon for any felony or
   61  similar law of another jurisdiction that is necessary for the
   62  operation of this paragraph; and
   63         3. A conviction of a felony or similar law of another
   64  jurisdiction necessary to the operation of this paragraph has
   65  not been set aside in any postconviction proceeding.
   66         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
   67  827.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   68         827.071 Sexual performance by a child; penalties.—
   69         (5)(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly possess,
   70  control, or intentionally view a photograph, motion picture,
   71  exhibition, show, representation, image, data, computer
   72  depiction, or other presentation which, in whole or in part, he
   73  or she knows to include any sexual conduct by a child. The
   74  possession, control, or intentional viewing of each such
   75  photograph, motion picture, exhibition, show, image, data,
   76  computer depiction, representation, or presentation is a
   77  separate offense. If a photograph, motion picture, exhibition,
   78  show, representation, image, data, computer depiction, or other
   79  presentation includes sexual conduct by more than one child, a
   80  separate offense may be charged for each such child in each such
   81  photograph, motion picture, exhibition, show, representation,
   82  image, data, computer depiction, or other presentation. A person
   83  who violates this subsection commits a felony of the third
   84  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
   85  775.084.
   86         Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   87  943.0435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   88         943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the
   89  department; penalty.—
   90         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   91         (a)1. “Sexual offender” means a person who meets the
   92  criteria in sub-subparagraph a., sub-subparagraph b., sub
   93  subparagraph c., or sub-subparagraph d., as follows:
   94         a.(I) Has been convicted of committing, or attempting,
   95  soliciting, or conspiring to commit, any of the criminal
   96  offenses proscribed in the following statutes in this state or
   97  similar offenses in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01, s. 787.02,
   98  or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and the
   99  defendant is not the victim’s parent or guardian; s. 794.011,
  100  excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s. 796.035; s.
  101  800.04; s. 810.145(8)(a); s. 825.1025; s. 827.071; s. 847.0133;
  102  s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137; s. 847.0138;
  103  s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar offense committed
  104  in this state which has been redesignated from a former statute
  105  number to one of those listed in this sub-sub-subparagraph; and
  106         (II) Has been released on or after October 1, 1997, from
  107  the sanction imposed for any conviction of an offense described
  108  in sub-sub-subparagraph (I). For purposes of sub-sub
  109  subparagraph (I), a sanction imposed in this state or in any
  110  other jurisdiction includes, but is not limited to, a fine,
  111  probation, community control, parole, conditional release,
  112  control release, or incarceration in a state prison, federal
  113  prison, private correctional facility, or local detention
  114  facility;
  115         b. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state and
  116  who has not been designated as a sexual predator by a court of
  117  this state but who has been designated as a sexual predator, as
  118  a sexually violent predator, or by another sexual offender
  119  designation in another state or jurisdiction and was, as a
  120  result of such designation, subjected to registration or
  121  community or public notification, or both, or would be if the
  122  person were a resident of that state or jurisdiction, without
  123  regard to whether the person otherwise meets the criteria for
  124  registration as a sexual offender;
  125         c. Establishes or maintains a residence in this state who
  126  is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of,
  127  any other state or jurisdiction as a result of a conviction for
  128  committing, or attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit,
  129  any of the criminal offenses proscribed in the following
  130  statutes or similar offense in another jurisdiction: s. 787.01,
  131  s. 787.02, or s. 787.025(2)(c), where the victim is a minor and
  132  the defendant is not the victim’s parent or guardian; s.
  133  794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10); s. 794.05; s. 796.03; s.
  134  796.035; s. 800.04; s. 810.145(8)(a); s. 825.1025; s. 827.071;
  135  s. 847.0133; s. 847.0135, excluding s. 847.0135(6); s. 847.0137;
  136  s. 847.0138; s. 847.0145; or s. 985.701(1); or any similar
  137  offense committed in this state which has been redesignated from
  138  a former statute number to one of those listed in this sub
  139  subparagraph; or
  140         d. On or after July 1, 2007, has been adjudicated
  141  delinquent for committing, or attempting, soliciting, or
  142  conspiring to commit, any of the criminal offenses proscribed in
  143  the following statutes in this state or similar offenses in
  144  another jurisdiction when the juvenile was 14 years of age or
  145  older at the time of the offense:
  146         (I) Section 794.011, excluding s. 794.011(10);
  147         (II) Section 800.04(4)(b) where the victim is under 12
  148  years of age or where the court finds sexual activity by the use
  149  of force or coercion;
  150         (III) Section 800.04(5)(c)1. where the court finds
  151  molestation involving unclothed genitals; or
  152         (IV) Section 800.04(5)(d) where the court finds the use of
  153  force or coercion and unclothed genitals.
  154         2. For all qualifying offenses listed in sub-subparagraph
  155  (1)(a)1.d., the court shall make a written finding of the age of
  156  the offender at the time of the offense.
  157  
  158  For each violation of a qualifying offense listed in this
  159  subsection, the court shall make a written finding of the age of
  160  the victim at the time of the offense. For a violation of s.
  161  800.04(4), the court shall additionally make a written finding
  162  indicating that the offense did or did not involve sexual
  163  activity and indicating that the offense did or did not involve
  164  force or coercion. For a violation of s. 800.04(5), the court
  165  shall additionally make a written finding that the offense did
  166  or did not involve unclothed genitals or genital area and that
  167  the offense did or did not involve the use of force or coercion.
  168         Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and subsection
  169  (8) of section 810.145, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  170         810.145 Video voyeurism.—
  171         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  172         (c) “Place and time when a person has a reasonable
  173  expectation of privacy” means a place and time when a reasonable
  174  person would believe that he or she could fully disrobe in
  175  privacy, without being concerned that the person’s undressing
  176  was being viewed, recorded, or broadcasted by another,
  177  including, but not limited to, the interior of a residential
  178  dwelling, bathroom, changing room, fitting room, dressing room,
  179  or tanning booth.
  180         (8)(a) A person who is:
  181         1. Eighteen years of age or older who is responsible for
  182  the welfare of a child younger than 16 years of age, regardless
  183  of whether the person knows or has reason to know the age of the
  184  child, and who commits an offense under this section against
  185  that child;
  186         2. Eighteen years of age or older who is employed at a
  187  private school as defined in s. 1002.01; a school as defined in
  188  s. 1003.01; or a voluntary prekindergarten education program as
  189  described in s. 1002.53(3)(a), (b), or (c) and who commits an
  190  offense under this section against a student of the private
  191  school, school, or voluntary prekindergarten education program;
  192  or
  193         3. Twenty-four years of age or older who commits an offense
  194  under this section against a child younger than 16 years of age,
  195  regardless of whether the person knows or has reason to know the
  196  age of the child
  197  
  198  commits a felony of the second third degree, punishable as
  199  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  200         (b) A person who violates this subsection and who has
  201  previously been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for any
  202  violation of this section commits a felony of the second degree,
  203  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  204         Section 6. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section
  205  921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  206         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
  207  chart.—
  208         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
  209         (f) LEVEL 6
  210  FloridaStatute   FelonyDegree                Description                 
  211  316.193(2)(b)      3rd   Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent conviction.   
  212  499.0051(3)        2nd   Knowing forgery of pedigree papers.         
  213  499.0051(4)        2nd   Knowing purchase or receipt of prescription drug from unauthorized person.
  214  499.0051(5)        2nd   Knowing sale or transfer of prescription drug to unauthorized person.
  215  775.0875(1)        3rd   Taking firearm from law enforcement officer.
  216  784.021(1)(a)      3rd   Aggravated assault; deadly weapon without intent to kill.
  217  784.021(1)(b)      3rd   Aggravated assault; intent to commit felony.
  218  784.041            3rd   Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation.
  219  784.048(3)         3rd   Aggravated stalking; credible threat.       
  220  784.048(5)         3rd   Aggravated stalking of person under 16.     
  221  784.07(2)(c)       2nd   Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer.
  222  784.074(1)(b)      2nd   Aggravated assault on sexually violent predators facility staff.
  223  784.08(2)(b)       2nd   Aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older.
  224  784.081(2)         2nd   Aggravated assault on specified official or employee.
  225  784.082(2)         2nd   Aggravated assault by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
  226  784.083(2)         2nd   Aggravated assault on code inspector.       
  227  787.02(2)          3rd   False imprisonment; restraining with purpose other than those in s. 787.01.
  228  790.115(2)(d)      2nd   Discharging firearm or weapon on school property.
  229  790.161(2)         2nd   Make, possess, or throw destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or damage property.
  230  790.164(1)         2nd   False report of deadly explosive, weapon of mass destruction, or act of arson or violence to state property.
  231  790.19             2nd   Shooting or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles.
  232  794.011(8)(a)      3rd   Solicitation of minor to participate in sexual activity by custodial adult.
  233  794.05(1)          2nd   Unlawful sexual activity with specified minor.
  234  800.04(5)(d)       3rd   Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years; offender less than 18 years.
  235  800.04(6)(b)       2nd   Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender 18 years of age or older.
  236  806.031(2)         2nd   Arson resulting in great bodily harm to firefighter or any other person.
  237  810.02(3)(c)       2nd   Burglary of occupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery.
  238  810.145(8)(b)      2nd   Video voyeurism; certain minor victims; 2nd or subsequent offense.
  239  812.014(2)(b)1.    2nd   Property stolen $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, grand theft in 2nd degree.
  240  812.014(6)         2nd   Theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  241  812.015(9)(a)      2nd   Retail theft; property stolen $300 or more; second or subsequent conviction.
  242  812.015(9)(b)      2nd   Retail theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  243  812.13(2)(c)       2nd   Robbery, no firearm or other weapon (strong-arm robbery).
  244  817.034(4)(a)1.    1st   Communications fraud, value greater than $50,000.
  245  817.4821(5)        2nd   Possess cloning paraphernalia with intent to create cloned cellular telephones.
  246  825.102(1)         3rd   Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  247  825.102(3)(c)      3rd   Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  248  825.1025(3)        3rd   Lewd or lascivious molestation of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  249  825.103(2)(c)      3rd   Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at less than $20,000.
  250  827.03(1)          3rd   Abuse of a child.                           
  251  827.03(3)(c)       3rd   Neglect of a child.                         
  252  827.071(2) & (3)   2nd   Use or induce a child in a sexual performance, or promote or direct such performance.
  253  836.05             2nd   Threats; extortion.                         
  254  836.10             2nd   Written threats to kill or do bodily injury.
  255  843.12             3rd   Aids or assists person to escape.           
  256  847.011            3rd   Distributing, offering to distribute, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene materials depicting minors.
  257  847.012            3rd   Knowingly using a minor in the production of materials harmful to minors.
  258  847.0135(2)        3rd   Facilitates sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct.
  259  914.23             2nd   Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, with bodily injury.
  260  944.35(3)(a)2.     3rd   Committing malicious battery upon or inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate or offender on community supervision, resulting in great bodily harm.
  261  944.40             2nd   Escapes.                                    
  262  944.46             3rd   Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners.
  263  944.47(1)(a)5.     2nd   Introduction of contraband (firearm, weapon, or explosive) into correctional facility.
  264  951.22(1)          3rd   Intoxicating drug, firearm, or weapon introduced into county facility.
  265         Section 7. This act shall take effect October 1, 2012.