Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (418634) for CS for SB 436
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/25/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Galvano) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 108 - 139
    4  and insert:
    5         836.12 Threats.—
    6         (1) As used in this section, the term:
    7         (a) “Family member” means:
    8         1. An individual related to another individual by blood or
    9  marriage; or
   10         2. An individual who stands in loco parentis to another
   11  individual.
   12         (b) “Law enforcement officer” means:
   13         1. A law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10; or
   14         2. A federal law enforcement officer as defined in s.
   15  901.1505.
   16         (2) Any person who threatens a law enforcement officer, a
   17  state attorney, an assistant state attorney, a firefighter, a
   18  judge, or an elected official, or a family member of such
   19  persons, with death or serious bodily harm commits a misdemeanor
   20  of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   21  775.083.
   22         (3) A person who commits a second or subsequent violation
   23  of subsection (2) commits a felony of the third degree,
   24  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 3 - 11
   29  and insert:
   30         threats of violence; amending ss. 790.163 and 790.164,
   31         F.S.; creating the crime of falsely reporting the use
   32         of firearms in a violent manner against a person or
   33         persons; creating s. 836.12, F.S.; defining the terms
   34         “family member” and “law enforcement officer”;
   35         providing criminal penalties for a person who
   36         threatens specified persons with death or serious
   37         bodily harm; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; conforming