Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1126
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/27/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Avila) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 17 - 29
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) As used in this section, the term:
    6         (a) “First responder” includes a law enforcement officer as
    7  defined in s. 943.10(1), a firefighter as defined in s. 784.07,
    8  and an emergency medical care provider as defined in s. 784.07.
    9         (b) “Harass” means to engage in a course of conduct
   10  directed at a first responder which causes substantial emotional
   11  distress in that first responder and serves no legitimate
   12  purpose.
   13         (2)(a) It is unlawful for a person, after receiving a
   14  warning not to approach from  a first responder who is engaged
   15  in the lawful performance of a legal duty, to violate such
   16  warning and approach or remain within 20 feet of the first
   17  responder with the intent to:
   18         1. Interrupt, disrupt, hinder, impede, or interfere with
   19  the first responder’s ability to perform such duty;
   20         2. Threaten the first responder with physical harm;
   21         3. Harass the first responder or
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete lines 2 - 8
   27  and insert:
   28         An act relating to impeding, threatening, or harassing
   29         first responders; creating s. 843.31, F.S.; defining
   30         the terms “first responder” and “harass”; prohibiting
   31         a person, after receiving a warning not to approach
   32         from a first responder who is engaged in the lawful
   33         performance of a legal duty, to violate such warning
   34         and approach or remain within 20 feet of the first
   35         responder with specified intent; providing criminal
   36         penalties; providing an