CS for SB 444 First Engrossed 2022444e1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to indecent, lewd, or lascivious 3 touching; creating s. 794.051, F.S.; defining conduct 4 prohibited as indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching 5 of certain minors; providing a penalty; providing 6 applicability; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking the 7 offense on the offense severity ranking chart of the 8 Criminal Punishment Code; providing an effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Section 794.051, Florida Statutes, is created to 13 read: 14 794.051 Indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching of certain 15 minors.— 16 (1) A person 24 years of age or older who intentionally 17 touches in a lewd or lascivious manner the breasts, genitals, 18 genital area, or buttocks, or the clothing covering them, of a 19 person 16 or 17 years of age, or forces or entices a person 16 20 or 17 years of age to so touch the perpetrator, commits a felony 21 of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 22 775.083, or s. 775.084. 23 (2) This section does not apply to a person 16 or 17 years 24 of age who has had the disability of nonage removed under 25 chapter 743. 26 Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 27 921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 28 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking 29 chart.— 30 (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART 31 (d) LEVEL 4 32 33 FloridaStatute FelonyDegree Description 34 316.1935(3)(a) 2nd Driving at high speed or with wanton disregard for safety while fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer who is in a patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated. 35 499.0051(1) 3rd Failure to maintain or deliver transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statements. 36 499.0051(5) 2nd Knowing sale or delivery, or possession with intent to sell, contraband prescription drugs. 37 517.07(1) 3rd Failure to register securities. 38 517.12(1) 3rd Failure of dealer, associated person, or issuer of securities to register. 39 784.07(2)(b) 3rd Battery of law enforcement officer, firefighter, etc. 40 784.074(1)(c) 3rd Battery of sexually violent predators facility staff. 41 784.075 3rd Battery on detention or commitment facility staff. 42 784.078 3rd Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials. 43 784.08(2)(c) 3rd Battery on a person 65 years of age or older. 44 784.081(3) 3rd Battery on specified official or employee. 45 784.082(3) 3rd Battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee. 46 784.083(3) 3rd Battery on code inspector. 47 784.085 3rd Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials. 48 787.03(1) 3rd Interference with custody; wrongly takes minor from appointed guardian. 49 787.04(2) 3rd Take, entice, or remove child beyond state limits with criminal intent pending custody proceedings. 50 787.04(3) 3rd Carrying child beyond state lines with criminal intent to avoid producing child at custody hearing or delivering to designated person. 51 787.07 3rd Human smuggling. 52 790.115(1) 3rd Exhibiting firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a school. 53 790.115(2)(b) 3rd Possessing electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon on school property. 54 790.115(2)(c) 3rd Possessing firearm on school property. 55 794.051(1) 3rd Indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching of certain minors. 56 800.04(7)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender less than 18 years. 57 806.135 2nd Destroying or demolishing a memorial or historic property. 58 810.02(4)(a) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery. 59 810.02(4)(b) 3rd Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery. 60 810.06 3rd Burglary; possession of tools. 61 810.08(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property, armed with firearm or dangerous weapon. 62 812.014(2)(c)3. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000 or more but less than $20,000. 63 812.014 (2)(c)4.-10. 3rd Grand theft, 3rd degree; specified items. 64 812.0195(2) 3rd Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet; property stolen $300 or more. 65 817.505(4)(a) 3rd Patient brokering. 66 817.563(1) 3rd Sell or deliver substance other than controlled substance agreed upon, excluding s. 893.03(5) drugs. 67 817.568(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of personal identification information. 68 817.625(2)(a) 3rd Fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder. 69 817.625(2)(c) 3rd Possess, sell, or deliver skimming device. 70 828.125(1) 2nd Kill, maim, or cause great bodily harm or permanent breeding disability to any registered horse or cattle. 71 837.02(1) 3rd Perjury in official proceedings. 72 837.021(1) 3rd Make contradictory statements in official proceedings. 73 838.022 3rd Official misconduct. 74 839.13(2)(a) 3rd Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency. 75 839.13(2)(c) 3rd Falsifying records of the Department of Children and Families. 76 843.021 3rd Possession of a concealed handcuff key by a person in custody. 77 843.025 3rd Deprive law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer of means of protection or communication. 78 843.15(1)(a) 3rd Failure to appear while on bail for felony (bond estreature or bond jumping). 79 847.0135(5)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender less than 18 years. 80 870.01(3) 2nd Aggravated rioting. 81 870.01(5) 2nd Aggravated inciting a riot. 82 874.05(1)(a) 3rd Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang. 83 893.13(2)(a)1. 2nd Purchase of cocaine (or other s. 893.03(1)(a), (b), or (d), (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5. drugs). 84 914.14(2) 3rd Witnesses accepting bribes. 85 914.22(1) 3rd Force, threaten, etc., witness, victim, or informant. 86 914.23(2) 3rd Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, no bodily injury. 87 916.1085 (2)(c)1. 3rd Introduction of specified contraband into certain DCF facilities. 88 918.12 3rd Tampering with jurors. 89 934.215 3rd Use of two-way communications device to facilitate commission of a crime. 90 944.47(1)(a)6. 3rd Introduction of contraband (cellular telephone or other portable communication device) into correctional institution. 91 951.22(1)(h), (j) & (k) 3rd Intoxicating drug, instrumentality or other device to aid escape, or cellular telephone or other portable communication device introduced into county detention facility. 92 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.