Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 284
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       29-00400-22                                            2022284__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fraudulent proof of vaccination;
    3         creating s. 817.354, F.S.; prohibiting specified
    4         actions involving fraudulent proof of vaccination;
    5         providing criminal penalties; providing an effective
    6         date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 817.354, Florida Statutes, is created to
   11  read:
   12         817.354 Fraudulent proof of vaccination.—A person who
   13  counterfeits, forges, alters, clones, or possesses a
   14  certificate, card, or other physical or electronic medium that
   15  falsely indicates that the holder of the certificate, card, or
   16  other physical or electronic medium has been vaccinated against
   17  a specific disease, with the intent to defraud, commits a felony
   18  of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
   19  775.083, or s. 775.084.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.