Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1142
       
       
        
       By Senator Hooper
       
       
       
       
       
       16-01639-20                                           20201142__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to offenses against firefighters;
    3         amending s. 782.065, F.S.; providing enhanced
    4         penalties for certain offenses committed against
    5         firefighters engaged in the performance of their legal
    6         duties; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 782.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   11  read:
   12         782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional
   13  officer, correctional probation officer, firefighter.
   14  Notwithstanding ss. 775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and
   15  chapter 921, a defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment
   16  without eligibility for release upon findings by the trier of
   17  fact that, beyond a reasonable doubt:
   18         (1) The defendant committed murder in the first degree in
   19  violation of s. 782.04(1) and a death sentence was not imposed;
   20  murder in the second or third degree in violation of s.
   21  782.04(2), (3), or (4); attempted murder in the first or second
   22  degree in violation of s. 782.04(1)(a)1. or (2); or attempted
   23  felony murder in violation of s. 782.051; and
   24         (2) The victim of any offense described in subsection (1)
   25  was a law enforcement officer, part-time law enforcement
   26  officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional
   27  officer, part-time correctional officer, auxiliary correctional
   28  officer, correctional probation officer, part-time correctional
   29  probation officer, or auxiliary correctional probation officer,
   30  as those terms are defined in s. 943.10, or firefighter, as
   31  defined in s. 633.102, engaged in the lawful performance of a
   32  legal duty.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.