Florida Senate - 2018 SB 310 By Senator Steube 23-00244A-18 2018310__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to threats to kill or do bodily 3 injury; amending s. 836.10, F.S.; prohibiting a person 4 from making a threat to kill or do bodily injury to 5 another person in a writing or other record and 6 transmitting that threat in any manner; deleting 7 requirements that a threat be sent to a specific 8 recipient to be prohibited; providing a penalty; 9 providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Section 836.10, Florida Statutes, is amended to 14 read: 15 836.10 Written threats to kill or do bodily injury; 16 punishment.—AAnyperson who makes a threat in a writing or 17 other record, including an electronic record,writes or composes18and also sends or procures the sending of any letter, inscribed19communication, or electronic communication, whether such letter20or communication be signed or anonymous, to any person,21containing a threatto kill or to do bodily injury to another 22theperson and posts or transmits the threat in any mannerto23whom such letter or communication is sent, or a threat to kill24or do bodily injury to any member of the family of the person to25whom such letter or communication is sentcommits a felony of 26 the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 27 775.083, or s. 775.084. 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.