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CS/CS/SB 174: Protection of Specified Personnel

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice ; Criminal Justice ; Polsky ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Torres

Protection of Specified Personnel; Providing that threats committed with specified intent are specified violations of the act; prohibiting specified threats against a justice, a judicial assistant, a clerk of the circuit court, clerk of the circuit court personnel, or a family member of such person; prohibiting specified harassment of certain personnel with the intent to intimidate or coerce such person to perform or refrain from performing a lawful duty, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/1/2023 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 67 (Ch. 2023-194) -SJ 655
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/12/2023 Senate • Filed
    1/19/2023 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
    3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
    3/30/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/04/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
    4/4/2023 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
    4/5/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    4/11/2023 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
    4/13/2023 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/18/23, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    4/18/2023 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
    4/20/2023 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Fiscal Policy
    • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/25/2023 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
    • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice read 1st time
    4/26/2023 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/01/23
    5/1/2023 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 654
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 67 -SJ 655
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 67 (Ch. 2023-194) -SJ 655

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  • CS/CS/SB 174, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/20/2023 at 4:26 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting) 4/24/2023 (pdf)
    Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting) 4/26/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 67 (er) Protection of Specified Personnel Criminal Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/6/2023 Chapter No. 2023-194 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/25/2023 10:00 AM Fiscal Policy 19 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    836.12 Threats. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 174, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/5/2023 at 1:00 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Pre-Meeting) 4/17/2023 (pdf)
    Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/20/2023 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 67 (c2) Protection of Specified Personnel Criminal Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 6/6/2023 Chapter No. 2023-194 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    890214 - Amendment
    Delete lines 36 - 47 and insert:     		Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    (Polsky)     		4/17/2023
    11:59 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/19/2023     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/18/2023 12:00 PM Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    836.12 Threats. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 174, Original Filed Version Posted 1/12/2023 at 8:41 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 4/3/2023 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2023 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    645290 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Criminal Justice
    (Polsky)     		4/3/2023
    8:15 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/4/2023     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/4/2023 8:30 AM Criminal Justice 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    365.16 Obscene or harassing telephone calls. Page 1 (pdf)

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