Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1294
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/29/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Bean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (475934) 
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    3         Delete lines 368 - 403
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
    6  787.06, Florida Statutes, is amended, subsections (5) through
    7  (7) are renumbered as subsections (6) through (8), and
    8  subsections (8) through (9) are renumbered as subsections (9)
    9  through (11), respectively, and a new subsections (5) and (8)
   10  are added to that section, to read:
   11         (4) 
   12  	(b) Any person who, for the purpose of committing or
   13  facilitating an offense under this section, permanently brands,
   14  or directs to be branded, a victim of an offense under this
   15  section commits a second degree felony, punishable as provided
   16  in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. For purposes of this
   17  subsection, the term "permanently branded" means a mark on the
   18  individual's body that, if it can be removed or repaired at all,
   19  can only be removed or repaired by surgical means, laser
   20  treatment, or other medical procedure.
   21         (5) A victim’s lack of chastity or the willingness or
   22  consent of a victim is not a defense to prosecution under this
   23  section if the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of
   24  the offense.
   25  	(8) The degree of an offense shall be reclassified as
   26  follows if a person causes great bodily harm, permanent
   27  disability, or permanent disfigurement to another person during
   28  the commission of an offense under this section:
   29  	(a) A felony of the second degree shall be reclassified as
   30  a felony of the first degree.
   31         (b) A felony of the first degree shall be reclassified as a
   32  life felony.