Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 444
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00371-22                                             2022444__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to lewd or lascivious molestation;
    3         creating s. 800.06, F.S.; specifying what constitutes
    4         the crime of lewd or lascivious molestation upon a
    5         person 16 years of age or older; providing criminal
    6         penalties; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Section 800.06, Florida Statutes, is created to
   11  read:
   12         800.06 Lewd or lascivious molestation committed upon
   13  persons 16 years of age or older.—
   14         (1) A person commits the crime of lewd or lascivious
   15  molestation upon a person 16 years of age or older when he or
   16  she:
   17         (a) Intentionally touches a person 16 years of age or
   18  older:
   19         1. Against his or her will; and
   20         2. In a lewd or lascivious manner, on the breasts,
   21  genitals, genital area, or buttocks, or on the clothing covering
   22  them; or
   23         (b) Forces a person 16 years of age or older to touch the
   24  perpetrator, in a lewd or lascivious manner, on the breasts,
   25  genitals, genital area, or buttocks, or on the clothing covering
   26  them.
   27         (2)(a) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a
   28  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
   29  775.082 or s. 775.083.
   30         (b) A person who commits a second or subsequent violation
   31  of subsection (1) commits a felony of the third degree,
   32  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.