Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1194
       
       
        
       By Senator Simon
       
       
       
       
       
       3-01560-23                                            20231194__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to false personation; creating s.
    3         836.131, F.S.; prohibiting the performance of certain
    4         acts with specified intent while falsely personating
    5         another; providing criminal penalties; providing an
    6         effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 836.131, Florida Statutes, is created to
   11  read:
   12         836.131 Falsely personating another.—
   13         (1) A person may not knowingly perform an act as if he or
   14  she were another person that, if done by the other person, could
   15  reasonably be expected to subject such other person to:
   16         (a) Civil or criminal liability; or
   17         (b) Any other liability, charge, forfeiture, or penalty,
   18  
   19  if such act was performed with the intent to unlawfully gain a
   20  benefit for himself, herself, or another person or to injure or
   21  defraud another person.
   22         (2) A person who violates this section commits a felony of
   23  the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
   24  775.083, or s. 775.084.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.