Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1416
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/03/2020           .                                
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       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. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   19  784.07, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   20         784.07 Assault or battery of law enforcement officers,
   21  firefighters, emergency medical care providers, public transit
   22  employees or agents, or other specified officers;
   23  reclassification of offenses; minimum sentences.—
   24         (2) Whenever any person is charged with knowingly
   25  committing an assault or battery upon a law enforcement officer,
   26  a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, a railroad
   27  special officer, a traffic accident investigation officer as
   28  described in s. 316.640, a nonsworn law enforcement agency
   29  employee who is certified as an agency inspector, a blood
   30  alcohol analyst, or a breath test operator while such employee
   31  is in uniform and engaged in processing, testing, evaluating,
   32  analyzing, or transporting a person who is detained or under
   33  arrest for DUI, a law enforcement explorer, a traffic infraction
   34  enforcement officer as described in s. 316.640, a parking
   35  enforcement specialist as defined in s. 316.640, a public
   36  transit employee or agent, a person
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 8
   42  and insert:
   43         such a program; authorizing public transit providers
   44         to deploy assault mitigation infrastructure; amending
   45         s. 784.07, F.S.; providing a specific reference to
   46         assault or battery on a public transit employee or
   47         agent; revising the