Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1416 Ì111654$Î111654 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/04/2020 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Criminal Justice (Perry) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 21 - 51 4 and insert: 5 black, bold type font no smaller than 48 point containing the 6 following statement: 7 “ATTENTION: ASSAULTING A TRANSIT WORKER IS A FELONY 8 PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 5 YEARS IN PRISON.” 9 (2) By July 1, 2021, every public transit provider 10 operating regularly scheduled transit service for the general 11 public shall create and implement a risk reduction program. Each 12 risk reduction program shall include conflict de-escalation 13 training for transit operators. The risk reduction program may 14 include the deployment of assault mitigation infrastructure and 15 technology on public transit, including barriers to restrict the 16 unwanted entry of individuals and objects into transit 17 operator's workstations. 18 Section 2. The Legislature finds that public transit 19 workers may be subject to assault while performing their jobs. 20 The Legislature further finds and declares that this act 21 fulfills an important state interest in protecting the safety of 22 public transit workers by requiring any public transit providers 23 operating regularly scheduled transit service to conspicuously 24 post signage that provides notification of the criminal 25 penalties for assault on a public transit worker, and to also 26 create and implement a risk reduction program that includes 27 conflict-de-escalation training. The Legislature further finds 28 that these reasonable measures may reduce or prevent attacks on 29 public transit workers. 30 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 31 784.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 32 784.07 Assault or battery of law enforcement officers, 33 firefighters, emergency medical care providers, public transit 34 employees or agents, or other specified officers; 35 reclassification of offenses; minimum sentences.— 36 (2) Whenever any person is charged with knowingly 37 committing an assault or battery upon a law enforcement officer, 38 a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, a railroad 39 special officer, a traffic accident investigation officer as 40 described in s. 316.640, a nonsworn law enforcement agency 41 employee who is certified as an agency inspector, a blood 42 alcohol analyst, or a breath test operator while such employee 43 is in uniform and engaged in processing, testing, evaluating, 44 analyzing, or transporting a person who is detained or under 45 arrest for DUI, a law enforcement explorer, a traffic infraction 46 enforcement officer as described in s. 316.640, a parking 47 enforcement specialist as defined in s. 316.640, a public 48 transit employee or agent, a person 49 50 51 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 52 And the title is amended as follows: 53 Delete line 8 54 and insert: 55 such a program; authorizing public transit providers 56 to deploy assault mitigation infrastructure; providing 57 a declaration of important state interest; amending s. 58 784.07, F.S.; providing a specific reference to 59 assault or battery on a public transit employee or 60 agent; revising the