Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 728
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Infrastructure and Security (Stargel)
recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 16 - 24
4 and insert:
5 (a) The use of a firearm or any weapon, including the
6 future use of a firearm or any weapon if the threat is
7 sufficient to cause alarm in a reasonable person; or
8 (b) To threaten to throw, project, place, or discharge any
9 destructive device, including the future throwing, projecting,
10 placing, or discharging of any destructive device,
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12 with intent to do bodily harm to any person or with intent to do
13 damage to any property of any person.
14 (2) A, and any person who violates subsection (1) convicted
15 thereof commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as
16 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
17 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 790.163, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 790.163 False report concerning planting a bomb, an
20 explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the
21 use of firearms in a violent manner; penalty.—
22 (1) It is unlawful for any person to make a false report,
23 with intent to deceive, mislead, or otherwise misinform any
24 person, concerning the current or future placing or planting of
25 any bomb, dynamite, other deadly explosive, or weapon of mass
26 destruction as defined in s. 790.166, or concerning the current
27 or future use of firearms in a violent manner against a person
28 or persons. A person who violates this subsection commits a
29 felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
30 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
31 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 790.164, Florida
32 Statutes, is amended to read:
33 790.164 False reports concerning planting a bomb,
34 explosive, or weapon of mass destruction in, or committing arson
35 against, state-owned property, or concerning the use of firearms
36 in a violent manner; penalty; reward.—
37 (1) It is unlawful for any person to make a false report,
38 with intent to deceive, mislead, or otherwise misinform any
39 person, concerning the current or future placing or planting of
40 any bomb, dynamite, other deadly explosive, or weapon of mass
41 destruction as defined in s. 790.166, concerning any act of
42 arson or other violence to property owned by the state or any
43 political subdivision, or concerning the current or future use
44 of firearms in a violent manner against a person or persons. A
45 person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the
46 second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
47 or s. 775.084.
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50 And the title is amended as follows:
51 Delete lines 3 - 4
52 and insert:
53 prohibiting threats to use, including future threats
54 to use, a firearm or weapon with specified intent;
55 prohibiting a person from threatening the future
56 throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging of any
57 destructive device with specified intent; providing
58 criminal penalties; amending s. 790.163, F.S.;
59 prohibiting a person from making a false report with
60 specified intent concerning the current or future
61 placing or planting of any bomb, dynamite, other
62 deadly explosive, or weapon of mass destruction or
63 concerning the current or future use of a firearm in a
64 violent manner against a person or persons; providing
65 criminal penalties; amending s. 790.164, F.S.;
66 prohibiting a person from making a false report with
67 specified intent concerning the current or future
68 placing or planting of any bomb, dynamite, other
69 deadly explosive, or weapon of mass destruction
70 concerning any act of arson or other violence to
71 property owned by the state or a political
72 subdivision, or concerning the current or future use
73 of firearms in a violent manner against a person or
74 persons; providing criminal penalties;