Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1444
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/01/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Collins) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 316.2675, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         316.2675Motor vehicle kill switches; prohibited uses.—
    8         (1)A person may not use a device that allows a person,
    9  other than the person in physical control of a motor vehicle, to
   10  shut off that vehicle’s engine or prevent the engine from
   11  starting. This subsection does not apply to any of the
   12  following:
   13         (a)A law enforcement officer in the course of his or her
   14  duties in order to prevent the commission of a felony.
   15         (b) Any subscription, membership, or other recurring
   16  payment programs or leased electronic consumer products, which
   17  are used with the consent of the owner of the vehicle.
   18         (c) A mechanism or feature that is used with the consent of
   19  the owner of the vehicle and:
   20         1. Addresses an imminent critical safety issue impacting a
   21  mechanical or software component of a motor vehicle;
   22         2. Activates when a driver of a motor vehicle is
   23  incapacitated, suffers a medical emergency, or experiences a
   24  loss of consciousness;
   25         3. Takes corrective action in a motor vehicle with an
   26  engaged partial driving automation feature if the driver is not
   27  attentive or engaged in the driving task and does not respond to
   28  warnings;
   29         4. Brings a motor vehicle with an engaged automated driving
   30  system to a minimal-risk condition; or
   31         5. Automatically shuts off the engine or motor of an idling
   32  motor vehicle that has been left on for an extended period of
   33  time while in the park position.
   34         (2)A person who violates subsection (1) commits a
   35  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
   36  775.082 or s. 775.083.
   37         Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 321.04,
   38  Florida Statutes, to read:
   39         321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank
   40  classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers;
   41  subsistence; special assignments.—
   42         (6)When patrol officers repay mileage for off-duty uses of
   43  official vehicles, such funds may not be deposited in the
   44  General Revenue Fund but shall be retained by the Florida
   45  Highway Patrol for its use.
   46         Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 775.0823, Florida
   47  Statutes, is amended to read:
   48         775.0823 Violent offenses committed against specified
   49  justice system personnel.—The Legislature does hereby provide
   50  for an increase and certainty of penalty for any person
   51  convicted of a violent offense against any law enforcement or
   52  correctional officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6),
   53  (7), (8), or (9); against any state attorney elected pursuant to
   54  s. 27.01 or assistant state attorney appointed under s. 27.181;
   55  against any public defender elected pursuant to s. 27.50 or
   56  regional counsel appointed pursuant to s. 27.511(3); against any
   57  court-appointed counsel appointed under s. 27.40 or defense
   58  attorney in a criminal proceeding; or against any justice or
   59  judge of a court described in Art. V of the State Constitution,
   60  which offense arises out of or in the scope of the officer’s
   61  duty as a law enforcement or correctional officer, the state
   62  attorney’s or assistant state attorney’s duty as a prosecutor or
   63  investigator, the public defender or regional counsel acting in
   64  his or her capacity as defense counsel, the court-appointed
   65  counsel or defense attorney in a criminal proceeding acting in
   66  his or her capacity as defense counsel, or the justice’s or
   67  judge’s duty as a judicial officer, as follows:
   68         (2) For attempted murder in the first degree as described
   69  in s. 782.04(1), a sentence pursuant to s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
   70  or s. 775.084 with a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years
   71  imprisonment.
   72  
   73  Notwithstanding s. 948.01, with respect to any person who is
   74  found to have violated this section, adjudication of guilt or
   75  imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, deferred, or
   76  withheld.
   77         Section 4. Section 790.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   78  read:
   79         790.051 Exemption from licensing requirements; law
   80  enforcement officers.—Law enforcement officers and correctional
   81  probation officers, as defined in s. 943.10(3), are exempt from
   82  the licensing and penal provisions of this chapter when acting
   83  at any time within the scope or course of their official duties
   84  or when acting at any time in the line of or performance of
   85  duty.
   86         Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   87  790.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   88         790.052 Carrying concealed firearms; off-duty law
   89  enforcement officers.—
   90         (1)(a) All persons holding active certifications from the
   91  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission as law
   92  enforcement officers or correctional officers as defined in s.
   93  943.10(1), (2), (6), (7), (8), or (9), all judges, and all state
   94  attorneys and assistant state attorneys shall have the right to
   95  carry, on or about their persons, concealed firearms, during
   96  off-duty hours, at the discretion of their superior officers,
   97  and may perform those law enforcement functions that they
   98  normally perform during duty hours, utilizing their weapons in a
   99  manner which is reasonably expected of on-duty officers in
  100  similar situations.
  101         Section 6. Section 817.49, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  102  read:
  103         817.49 False reports of commission of crimes; penalty.—
  104         (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), whoever willfully
  105  imparts, conveys, or causes to be imparted or conveyed to a law
  106  enforcement officer or employee of a public safety agency false
  107  information or reports concerning the alleged commission of any
  108  crime under the laws of this state, knowing such information or
  109  report to be false, when no such crime has actually been
  110  committed, commits a felony misdemeanor of the third first
  111  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or s. 775.083, or
  112  s. 775.084.
  113         (2)(a) As used in this section, the term “public safety
  114  agency” means a law enforcement agency, professional or
  115  volunteer fire department, emergency medical service, ambulance
  116  service, or other public entity that dispatches or provides
  117  first responder services to respond to crimes, to assist victims
  118  of crimes, or to apprehend offenders.
  119         (b) If the willful making of a false report of a crime as
  120  set forth in this section results in a response by a federal,
  121  state, district, municipal, or other public safety agency and
  122  the response results in:
  123         1. Great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent
  124  disability to any person as a proximate result of lawful conduct
  125  arising out of a response, the person making such report commits
  126  a felony of the second third degree, punishable as provided in
  127  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  128         2. Death to any person as a proximate result of lawful
  129  conduct arising out of a response, the person making such report
  130  commits a felony of the first second degree, punishable as
  131  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  132         (3)State attorneys shall vigorously prosecute persons
  133  charged with making a false report of a crime. If probable cause
  134  exists to charge an individual, charges must be filed and a
  135  physical arrest initiated, if possible.
  136         (4)(3) A court shall order any person convicted of
  137  violating this section to pay restitution, which shall include
  138  full payment for any cost incurred by a responding public safety
  139  agency.
  140         Section 7. Subsection (5) is added to section 943.135,
  141  Florida Statutes, to read:
  142         943.135 Requirements for continued employment.—
  143         (5)A certified law enforcement officer who is not employed
  144  by a law enforcement agency may retain his or her certification
  145  as long as he or she otherwise complies with the requirements
  146  for certification, including compliance with continuing
  147  education requirements.
  148         Section 8. Present subsection (4) of section 943.1718,
  149  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new
  150  subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
  151         943.1718 Body cameras; policies and procedures.—
  152         (4)Artificial intelligence may be used to review, monitor,
  153  enhance, or otherwise interact with a body camera worn by a
  154  first responder as defined in s. 112.1815(1) or any video,
  155  photograph, or other product produced with, through, or by such
  156  a body camera; however, any information or identification
  157  obtained through artificial intelligence must be subject to
  158  human oversight and may not be the sole basis for an arrest.
  159         Section 9. Section 951.27, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  160  read:
  161         951.27 Blood tests of inmates.—
  162         (1) Each county and each municipal detention facility shall
  163  have a written procedure developed, in consultation with the
  164  facility medical provider, establishing conditions under which
  165  an inmate will be tested for infectious disease, including human
  166  immunodeficiency virus pursuant to s. 775.0877, which procedure
  167  is consistent with guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control
  168  and Prevention and recommendations of the Correctional Medical
  169  Authority. It is not unlawful for the person receiving the test
  170  results to divulge the test results to the sheriff or chief
  171  correctional officer. These procedures must include
  172  circumstances that warrant the immediate testing of an arrestee
  173  upon booking and must require that testing results be provided
  174  to any first responder or criminal justice professional who has
  175  been exposed to bodily fluids or bloodborne pathogens from the
  176  arrestee.
  177         (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
  178  serologic blood test results obtained pursuant to subsection (1)
  179  are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art.
  180  I of the State Constitution. However, such results may be
  181  provided to employees or officers of the sheriff or chief
  182  correctional officer who are responsible for the custody and
  183  care of the affected inmate and have a need to know such
  184  information, and as provided in ss. 775.0877 and 960.003. In
  185  addition, upon request of the victim or the victim’s legal
  186  guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the victim if the
  187  victim is a minor, the results of any HIV test performed on an
  188  inmate arrested for any sexual offense involving oral, anal, or
  189  female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ
  190  of another, must be disclosed to the victim or the victim’s
  191  legal guardian, or to the parent or legal guardian of the victim
  192  if the victim is a minor. In such cases, the county or municipal
  193  detention facility shall furnish the test results to the
  194  Department of Health, which is responsible for disclosing the
  195  results to public health agencies as provided in s. 775.0877 and
  196  to the victim or the victim’s legal guardian, or the parent or
  197  legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, as
  198  provided in s. 960.003(3). As used in this subsection, the term
  199  “female genitals” includes the labia minora, labia majora,
  200  clitoris, vulva, hymen, and vagina.
  201         (3) The results of any serologic blood test on an inmate
  202  are a part of that inmate’s permanent medical file. Upon
  203  transfer of the inmate to any other correctional facility, such
  204  file is also transferred, and all relevant authorized persons
  205  must be notified of positive HIV test results, as required in s.
  206  775.0877.
  207         (4)A first responder or criminal justice professional who,
  208  in the lawful performance of his or her duties, is exposed to a
  209  potential communicable disease or bloodborne pathogen by a
  210  subject who is arrested and booked into a county or municipal
  211  detention facility shall notice the detention facility upon
  212  booking or within 24 hours after the exposure. If the first
  213  responder or criminal justice professional is incapacitated and
  214  cannot provide this notice, this responsibility falls upon his
  215  or her employing department. This notice must invoke immediate
  216  testing of the inmate, if it has not already been done,
  217  according to the written procedures of the detention facility,
  218  and such testing is required before release of the inmate. The
  219  results of the testing must be handled in accordance with s.
  220  775.0877(2).
  221         Section 10. Paragraphs (c) and (f) of subsection (3) of
  222  section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  223         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
  224  chart.—
  225         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
  226         (c) LEVEL 3
  227  
  228  FloridaStatute           FelonyDegree         Description          
  229  119.10(2)(b)                 3rd     Unlawful use of confidential information from police reports.
  230  316.066 (3)(b)-(d)           3rd     Unlawfully obtaining or using confidential crash reports.
  231  316.193(2)(b)                3rd     Felony DUI, 3rd conviction.   
  232  316.1935(2)                  3rd     Fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement officer in patrol vehicle with siren and lights activated.
  233  319.30(4)                    3rd     Possession by junkyard of motor vehicle with identification number plate removed.
  234  319.33(1)(a)                 3rd     Alter or forge any certificate of title to a motor vehicle or mobile home.
  235  319.33(1)(c)                 3rd     Procure or pass title on stolen vehicle.
  236  319.33(4)                    3rd     With intent to defraud, possess, sell, etc., a blank, forged, or unlawfully obtained title or registration.
  237  327.35(2)(b)                 3rd     Felony BUI.                   
  238  328.05(2)                    3rd     Possess, sell, or counterfeit fictitious, stolen, or fraudulent titles or bills of sale of vessels.
  239  328.07(4)                    3rd     Manufacture, exchange, or possess vessel with counterfeit or wrong ID number.
  240  376.302(5)                   3rd     Fraud related to reimbursement for cleanup expenses under the Inland Protection Trust Fund.
  241  379.2431 (1)(e)5.            3rd     Taking, disturbing, mutilating, destroying, causing to be destroyed, transferring, selling, offering to sell, molesting, or harassing marine turtles, marine turtle eggs, or marine turtle nests in violation of the Marine Turtle Protection Act.
  242  379.2431 (1)(e)6.            3rd     Possessing any marine turtle species or hatchling, or parts thereof, or the nest of any marine turtle species described in the Marine Turtle Protection Act.
  243  379.2431 (1)(e)7.            3rd     Soliciting to commit or conspiring to commit a violation of the Marine Turtle Protection Act.
  244  400.9935(4)(a) or (b)        3rd     Operating a clinic, or offering services requiring licensure, without a license.
  245  400.9935(4)(e)               3rd     Filing a false license application or other required information or failing to report information.
  246  440.1051(3)                  3rd     False report of workers’ compensation fraud or retaliation for making such a report.
  247  501.001(2)(b)                2nd     Tampers with a consumer product or the container using materially false/misleading information.
  248  624.401(4)(a)                3rd     Transacting insurance without a certificate of authority.
  249  624.401(4)(b)1.              3rd     Transacting insurance without a certificate of authority; premium collected less than $20,000.
  250  626.902(1)(a) & (b)          3rd     Representing an unauthorized insurer.
  251  697.08                       3rd     Equity skimming.              
  252  790.15(3)                    3rd     Person directs another to discharge firearm from a vehicle.
  253  794.053                      3rd     Lewd or lascivious written solicitation of a person 16 or 17 years of age by a person 24 years of age or older.
  254  806.10(1)                    3rd     Maliciously injure, destroy, or interfere with vehicles or equipment used in firefighting.
  255  806.10(2)                    3rd     Interferes with or assaults firefighter in performance of duty.
  256  810.09(2)(b)                 3rd     Trespass on property other than structure or conveyance armed with firearm or dangerous weapon.
  257  810.145(2)(c)                3rd     Digital voyeurism; 19 years of age or older.
  258  812.014(2)(c)2.              3rd     Grand theft; $5,000 or more but less than $10,000.
  259  812.0145(2)(c)               3rd     Theft from person 65 years of age or older; $300 or more but less than $10,000.
  260  812.015(8)(b)                3rd     Retail theft with intent to sell; conspires with others.
  261  812.081(2)                   3rd     Theft of a trade secret.      
  262  815.04(4)(b)                 2nd     Computer offense devised to defraud or obtain property.
  263  817.034(4)(a)3.              3rd     Engages in scheme to defraud (Florida Communications Fraud Act), property valued at less than $20,000.
  264  817.233                      3rd     Burning to defraud insurer.   
  265  817.234 (8)(b) & (c)         3rd     Unlawful solicitation of persons involved in motor vehicle accidents.
  266  817.234(11)(a)               3rd     Insurance fraud; property value less than $20,000.
  267  817.236                      3rd     Filing a false motor vehicle insurance application.
  268  817.2361                     3rd     Creating, marketing, or presenting a false or fraudulent motor vehicle insurance card.
  269  817.413(2)                   3rd     Sale of used goods of $1,000 or more as new.
  270  817.49(2)(b)1.             2nd 3rd   Willful making of a false report of a crime causing great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent disability.
  271  831.28(2)(a)                 3rd     Counterfeiting a payment instrument with intent to defraud or possessing a counterfeit payment instrument with intent to defraud.
  272  831.29                       2nd     Possession of instruments for counterfeiting driver licenses or identification cards.
  273  836.13(2)                    3rd     Person who promotes an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without consent.
  274  838.021(3)(b)                3rd     Threatens unlawful harm to public servant.
  275  847.01385                    3rd     Harmful communication to a minor.
  276  860.15(3)                    3rd     Overcharging for repairs and parts.
  277  870.01(2)                    3rd     Riot.                         
  278  870.01(4)                    3rd     Inciting a riot.              
  279  893.13(1)(a)2.               3rd     Sell, manufacture, or deliver cannabis (or other s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs).
  280  893.13(1)(d)2.               2nd     Sell, manufacture, or deliver s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs within 1,000 feet of university.
  281  893.13(1)(f)2.               2nd     Sell, manufacture, or deliver s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1., (2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6., (2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9., (2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs within 1,000 feet of public housing facility.
  282  893.13(4)(c)                 3rd     Use or hire of minor; deliver to minor other controlled substances.
  283  893.13(6)(a)                 3rd     Possession of any controlled substance other than felony possession of cannabis.
  284  893.13(7)(a)8.               3rd     Withhold information from practitioner regarding previous receipt of or prescription for a controlled substance.
  285  893.13(7)(a)9.               3rd     Obtain or attempt to obtain controlled substance by fraud, forgery, misrepresentation, etc.
  286  893.13(7)(a)10.              3rd     Affix false or forged label to package of controlled substance.
  287  893.13(7)(a)11.              3rd     Furnish false or fraudulent material information on any document or record required by chapter 893.
  288  893.13(8)(a)1.               3rd     Knowingly assist a patient, other person, or owner of an animal in obtaining a controlled substance through deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in or related to the practitioner’s practice.
  289  893.13(8)(a)2.               3rd     Employ a trick or scheme in the practitioner’s practice to assist a patient, other person, or owner of an animal in obtaining a controlled substance.
  290  893.13(8)(a)3.               3rd     Knowingly write a prescription for a controlled substance for a fictitious person.
  291  893.13(8)(a)4.               3rd     Write a prescription for a controlled substance for a patient, other person, or an animal if the sole purpose of writing the prescription is a monetary benefit for the practitioner.
  292  918.13(1)                    3rd     Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
  293  944.47 (1)(a)1. & 2.         3rd     Introduce contraband to correctional facility.
  294  944.47(1)(c)                 2nd     Possess contraband while upon the grounds of a correctional institution.
  295  985.721                      3rd     Escapes from a juvenile facility (secure detention or residential commitment facility).
  296  
  297         (f) LEVEL 6
  298  
  299  FloridaStatute              FelonyDegree        Description        
  300  316.027(2)(b)                    2nd     Leaving the scene of a crash involving serious bodily injury.
  301  316.193(2)(b)                    3rd     Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent conviction.
  302  400.9935(4)(c)                   2nd     Operating a clinic, or offering services requiring licensure, without a license.
  303  499.0051(2)                      2nd     Knowing forgery of transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statement.
  304  499.0051(3)                      2nd     Knowing purchase or receipt of prescription drug from unauthorized person.
  305  499.0051(4)                      2nd     Knowing sale or transfer of prescription drug to unauthorized person.
  306  775.0875(1)                      3rd     Taking firearm from law enforcement officer.
  307  784.021(1)(a)                    3rd     Aggravated assault; deadly weapon without intent to kill.
  308  784.021(1)(b)                    3rd     Aggravated assault; intent to commit felony.
  309  784.041                          3rd     Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation.
  310  784.048(3)                       3rd     Aggravated stalking; credible threat.
  311  784.048(5)                       3rd     Aggravated stalking of person under 16.
  312  784.07(2)(c)                     2nd     Aggravated assault on law enforcement officer.
  313  784.074(1)(b)                    2nd     Aggravated assault on sexually violent predators facility staff.
  314  784.08(2)(b)                     2nd     Aggravated assault on a person 65 years of age or older.
  315  784.081(2)                       2nd     Aggravated assault on specified official or employee.
  316  784.082(2)                       2nd     Aggravated assault by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
  317  784.083(2)                       2nd     Aggravated assault on code inspector.
  318  787.02(2)                        3rd     False imprisonment; restraining with purpose other than those in s. 787.01.
  319  790.115(2)(d)                    2nd     Discharging firearm or weapon on school property.
  320  790.161(2)                       2nd     Make, possess, or throw destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or damage property.
  321  790.164(1)                       2nd     False report concerning bomb, explosive, weapon of mass destruction, act of arson or violence to state property, or use of firearms in violent manner.
  322  790.19                           2nd     Shooting or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, vessels, or vehicles.
  323  794.011(8)(a)                    3rd     Solicitation of minor to participate in sexual activity by custodial adult.
  324  794.05(1)                        2nd     Unlawful sexual activity with specified minor.
  325  800.04(5)(d)                     3rd     Lewd or lascivious molestation; victim 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age; offender less than 18 years.
  326  800.04(6)(b)                     2nd     Lewd or lascivious conduct; offender 18 years of age or older.
  327  806.031(2)                       2nd     Arson resulting in great bodily harm to firefighter or any other person.
  328  810.02(3)(c)                     2nd     Burglary of occupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery.
  329  810.145(8)(b)                    2nd     Digital voyeurism; certain minor victims; 2nd or subsequent offense.
  330  812.014(2)(b)1.                  2nd     Property stolen $20,000 or more, but less than $100,000, grand theft in 2nd degree.
  331  812.014(2)(c)5.                  3rd     Grand theft; third degree; firearm.
  332  812.014(6)                       2nd     Theft; property stolen $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  333  812.015(9)(a)                    2nd     Retail theft; property stolen $750 or more; second or subsequent conviction.
  334  812.015(9)(b)                    2nd     Retail theft; aggregated property stolen within 120 days is $3,000 or more; coordination of others.
  335  812.015(9)(d)                    2nd     Retail theft; multiple thefts within specified period.
  336  812.015(9)(e)                    2nd     Retail theft; committed with specified number of other persons and use of social media platform.
  337  812.13(2)(c)                     2nd     Robbery, no firearm or other weapon (strong-arm robbery).
  338  817.4821(5)                      2nd     Possess cloning paraphernalia with intent to create cloned cellular telephones.
  339  817.49(2)(b)2.                 1st 2nd   Willful making of a false report of a crime resulting in death.
  340  817.505(4)(b)                    2nd     Patient brokering; 10 or more patients.
  341  817.5695(3)(b)                   2nd     Exploitation of person 65 years of age or older, value $10,000 or more, but less than $50,000.
  342  825.102(1)                       3rd     Abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  343  825.102(3)(c)                    3rd     Neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  344  825.1025(3)                      3rd     Lewd or lascivious molestation of an elderly person or disabled adult.
  345  825.103(3)(c)                    3rd     Exploiting an elderly person or disabled adult and property is valued at less than $10,000.
  346  827.03(2)(c)                     3rd     Abuse of a child.         
  347  827.03(2)(d)                     3rd     Neglect of a child.       
  348  827.071(5)                       3rd     Possess, control, or intentionally view any photographic material, motion picture, etc., which includes child pornography.
  349  828.126(3)                       3rd     Sexual activities involving animals.
  350  836.05                           2nd     Threats; extortion.       
  351  836.10                           2nd     Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.
  352  843.12                           3rd     Aids or assists person to escape.
  353  847.011                          3rd     Distributing, offering to distribute, or possessing with intent to distribute obscene materials depicting minors.
  354  847.012                          3rd     Knowingly using a minor in the production of materials harmful to minors.
  355  847.0135(2)                      3rd     Facilitates sexual conduct of or with a minor or the visual depiction of such conduct.
  356  893.131                          2nd     Distribution of controlled substances resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury.
  357  914.23                           2nd     Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, with bodily injury.
  358  918.13(2)(b)                     2nd     Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence relating to a capital felony.
  359  944.35(3)(a)2.                   3rd     Committing malicious battery upon or inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate or offender on community supervision, resulting in great bodily harm.
  360  944.40                           2nd     Escapes.                  
  361  944.46                           3rd     Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners.
  362  944.47(1)(a)5.                   2nd     Introduction of contraband (firearm, weapon, or explosive) into correctional facility.
  363  951.22(1)(i)                     3rd     Firearm or weapon introduced into county detention facility.
  364  
  365         Section 11. Section 843.025, Florida Statutes, is amended
  366  to read:
  367         843.025 Interfering with an officer’s Depriving officer of
  368  means of protection or communication.—
  369         (1) It is unlawful for any person to do any of the
  370  following to deprive a law enforcement officer as defined in s.
  371  943.10(1), a correctional officer as defined in s. 943.10(2), or
  372  a correctional probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(3):
  373         (a)Deprive the officer of her or his weapon or radio;
  374  digital recording device, including a body-worn camera; or
  375  restraint device, including handcuffs, or to otherwise deprive
  376  the officer of the means to defend herself or himself or summon
  377  assistance.
  378         (b)Render useless the officer’s weapon or radio; digital
  379  recording device, including a body-worn camera; or restraint
  380  device, including handcuffs, or to otherwise prevent the officer
  381  from defending herself or himself or to summon assistance.
  382         (2) Any person who violates this section commits is guilty
  383  of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
  384  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  385         Section 12. Paragraph (e) of subsection (4) of section
  386  397.417, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  387         397.417 Peer specialists.—
  388         (4) BACKGROUND SCREENING.—
  389         (e) The background screening conducted under this
  390  subsection must ensure that a peer specialist has not been
  391  arrested for and is awaiting final disposition of, found guilty
  392  of, regardless of adjudication, or entered a plea of nolo
  393  contendere or guilty to, or been adjudicated delinquent and the
  394  record has not been sealed or expunged for, any offense
  395  prohibited under any of the following state laws or similar laws
  396  of another jurisdiction:
  397         1. Section 393.135, relating to sexual misconduct with
  398  certain developmentally disabled clients and reporting of such
  399  sexual misconduct.
  400         2. Section 394.4593, relating to sexual misconduct with
  401  certain mental health patients and reporting of such sexual
  402  misconduct.
  403         3. Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud, if
  404  the offense was a felony of the first or second degree.
  405         4. Section 415.111, relating to abuse, neglect, or
  406  exploitation of vulnerable adults.
  407         5. Any offense that constitutes domestic violence as
  408  defined in s. 741.28.
  409         6. Section 777.04, relating to attempts, solicitation, and
  410  conspiracy to commit an offense listed in this paragraph.
  411         7. Section 782.04, relating to murder.
  412         8. Section 782.07, relating to manslaughter; aggravated
  413  manslaughter of an elderly person or a disabled adult;
  414  aggravated manslaughter of a child; or aggravated manslaughter
  415  of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician,
  416  or a paramedic.
  417         9. Section 782.071, relating to vehicular homicide.
  418         10. Section 782.09, relating to killing an unborn child by
  419  injury to the mother.
  420         11. Chapter 784, relating to assault, battery, and culpable
  421  negligence, if the offense was a felony.
  422         12. Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping.
  423         13. Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment.
  424         14. Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a
  425  child.
  426         15. Section 787.04(2), relating to leading, taking,
  427  enticing, or removing a minor beyond state limits, or concealing
  428  the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending custody
  429  proceedings.
  430         16. Section 787.04(3), relating to leading, taking,
  431  enticing, or removing a minor beyond state limits, or concealing
  432  the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending dependency
  433  proceedings or proceedings concerning alleged abuse or neglect
  434  of a minor.
  435         17. Section 790.115(1), relating to exhibiting firearms or
  436  weapons within 1,000 feet of a school.
  437         18. Section 790.115(2)(b), relating to possessing an
  438  electric weapon or device, a destructive device, or any other
  439  weapon on school property.
  440         19. Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery.
  441         20. Former s. 794.041, relating to prohibited acts of
  442  persons in familial or custodial authority.
  443         21. Section 794.05, relating to unlawful sexual activity
  444  with certain minors.
  445         22. Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation.
  446         23. Section 796.07, relating to procuring another to commit
  447  prostitution, except for those offenses expunged pursuant to s.
  448  943.0583.
  449         24. Section 798.02, relating to lewd and lascivious
  450  behavior.
  451         25. Chapter 800, relating to lewdness and indecent
  452  exposure.
  453         26. Section 806.01, relating to arson.
  454         27. Section 810.02, relating to burglary, if the offense
  455  was a felony of the first degree.
  456         28. Section 810.14, relating to voyeurism, if the offense
  457  was a felony.
  458         29. Section 810.145, relating to digital voyeurism, if the
  459  offense was a felony.
  460         30. Section 812.13, relating to robbery.
  461         31. Section 812.131, relating to robbery by sudden
  462  snatching.
  463         32. Section 812.133, relating to carjacking.
  464         33. Section 812.135, relating to home-invasion robbery.
  465         34. Section 817.034, relating to communications fraud, if
  466  the offense was a felony of the first degree.
  467         35. Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent
  468  insurance claims, if the offense was a felony of the first or
  469  second degree.
  470         36. Section 817.50, relating to fraudulently obtaining
  471  goods or services from a health care provider and false reports
  472  of a communicable disease.
  473         37. Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering.
  474         38. Section 817.568, relating to fraudulent use of personal
  475  identification, if the offense was a felony of the first or
  476  second degree.
  477         39. Section 825.102, relating to abuse, aggravated abuse,
  478  or neglect of an elderly person or a disabled adult.
  479         40. Section 825.1025, relating to lewd or lascivious
  480  offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person
  481  or a disabled person.
  482         41. Section 825.103, relating to exploitation of an elderly
  483  person or a disabled adult, if the offense was a felony.
  484         42. Section 826.04, relating to incest.
  485         43. Section 827.03, relating to child abuse, aggravated
  486  child abuse, or neglect of a child.
  487         44. Section 827.04, relating to contributing to the
  488  delinquency or dependency of a child.
  489         45. Former s. 827.05, relating to negligent treatment of
  490  children.
  491         46. Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a
  492  child.
  493         47. Section 831.30, relating to fraud in obtaining
  494  medicinal drugs.
  495         48. Section 831.31, relating to the sale; manufacture;
  496  delivery; or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or
  497  deliver of any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense
  498  was a felony.
  499         49. Section 843.01, relating to resisting arrest with
  500  violence.
  501         50. Section 843.025, relating to interfering with depriving
  502  a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation
  503  officer’s officer of the means of protection or communication.
  504         51. Section 843.12, relating to aiding in an escape.
  505         52. Section 843.13, relating to aiding in the escape of
  506  juvenile inmates of correctional institutions.
  507         53. Chapter 847, relating to obscenity.
  508         54. Section 874.05, relating to encouraging or recruiting
  509  another to join a criminal gang.
  510         55. Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and
  511  control, if the offense was a felony of the second degree or
  512  greater severity.
  513         56. Section 895.03, relating to racketeering and collection
  514  of unlawful debts.
  515         57. Section 896.101, relating to the Florida Money
  516  Laundering Act.
  517         58. Section 916.1075, relating to sexual misconduct with
  518  certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual
  519  misconduct.
  520         59. Section 944.35(3), relating to inflicting cruel or
  521  inhuman treatment on an inmate resulting in great bodily harm.
  522         60. Section 944.40, relating to escape.
  523         61. Section 944.46, relating to harboring, concealing, or
  524  aiding an escaped prisoner.
  525         62. Section 944.47, relating to introduction of contraband
  526  into a correctional institution.
  527         63. Section 985.701, relating to sexual misconduct in
  528  juvenile justice programs.
  529         64. Section 985.711, relating to introduction of contraband
  530  into a detention facility.
  531         Section 13. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
  532  420.6241, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  533         420.6241 Persons with lived experience.—
  534         (4) BACKGROUND SCREENING.—
  535         (b) The background screening conducted under this
  536  subsection must ensure that the qualified applicant has not been
  537  arrested for and is not awaiting final disposition of, has not
  538  been found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, or entered a
  539  plea of nolo contendere or guilty to, or has not been
  540  adjudicated delinquent and the record has been sealed or
  541  expunged for, any offense prohibited under any of the following
  542  state laws or similar laws of another jurisdiction:
  543         1. Section 393.135, relating to sexual misconduct with
  544  certain developmentally disabled clients and reporting of such
  545  sexual misconduct.
  546         2. Section 394.4593, relating to sexual misconduct with
  547  certain mental health patients and reporting of such sexual
  548  misconduct.
  549         3. Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud, if
  550  the offense is a felony of the first or second degree.
  551         4. Section 415.111, relating to criminal penalties for
  552  abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.
  553         5. Any offense that constitutes domestic violence, as
  554  defined in s. 741.28.
  555         6. Section 777.04, relating to attempts, solicitation, and
  556  conspiracy to commit an offense listed in this paragraph.
  557         7. Section 782.04, relating to murder.
  558         8. Section 782.07, relating to manslaughter, aggravated
  559  manslaughter of an elderly person or a disabled adult,
  560  aggravated manslaughter of a child, or aggravated manslaughter
  561  of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician,
  562  or a paramedic.
  563         9. Section 782.071, relating to vehicular homicide.
  564         10. Section 782.09, relating to killing of an unborn child
  565  by injury to the mother.
  566         11. Chapter 784, relating to assault, battery, and culpable
  567  negligence, if the offense is a felony.
  568         12. Section 787.01, relating to kidnapping.
  569         13. Section 787.02, relating to false imprisonment.
  570         14. Section 787.025, relating to luring or enticing a
  571  child.
  572         15. Section 787.04(2), relating to leading, taking,
  573  enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or
  574  concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending
  575  custody proceedings.
  576         16. Section 787.04(3), relating to leading, taking,
  577  enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or
  578  concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending
  579  dependency proceedings or proceedings concerning alleged abuse
  580  or neglect of a minor.
  581         17. Section 790.115(1), relating to exhibiting firearms or
  582  weapons within 1,000 feet of a school.
  583         18. Section 790.115(2)(b), relating to possessing an
  584  electric weapon or device, a destructive device, or any other
  585  weapon on school property.
  586         19. Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery.
  587         20. Former s. 794.041, relating to prohibited acts of
  588  persons in familial or custodial authority.
  589         21. Section 794.05, relating to unlawful sexual activity
  590  with certain minors.
  591         22. Section 794.08, relating to female genital mutilation.
  592         23. Section 796.07, relating to procuring another to commit
  593  prostitution, except for those offenses expunged pursuant to s.
  594  943.0583.
  595         24. Section 798.02, relating to lewd and lascivious
  596  behavior.
  597         25. Chapter 800, relating to lewdness and indecent
  598  exposure.
  599         26. Section 806.01, relating to arson.
  600         27. Section 810.02, relating to burglary, if the offense is
  601  a felony of the first degree.
  602         28. Section 810.14, relating to voyeurism, if the offense
  603  is a felony.
  604         29. Section 810.145, relating to digital video voyeurism,
  605  if the offense is a felony.
  606         30. Section 812.13, relating to robbery.
  607         31. Section 812.131, relating to robbery by sudden
  608  snatching.
  609         32. Section 812.133, relating to carjacking.
  610         33. Section 812.135, relating to home-invasion robbery.
  611         34. Section 817.034, relating to communications fraud, if
  612  the offense is a felony of the first degree.
  613         35. Section 817.234, relating to false and fraudulent
  614  insurance claims, if the offense is a felony of the first or
  615  second degree.
  616         36. Section 817.50, relating to fraudulently obtaining
  617  goods or services from a health care provider and false reports
  618  of a communicable disease.
  619         37. Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering.
  620         38. Section 817.568, relating to fraudulent use of personal
  621  identification, if the offense is a felony of the first or
  622  second degree.
  623         39. Section 825.102, relating to abuse, aggravated abuse,
  624  or neglect of an elderly person or a disabled adult.
  625         40. Section 825.1025, relating to lewd or lascivious
  626  offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person
  627  or a disabled person.
  628         41. Section 825.103, relating to exploitation of an elderly
  629  person or a disabled adult, if the offense is a felony.
  630         42. Section 826.04, relating to incest.
  631         43. Section 827.03, relating to child abuse, aggravated
  632  child abuse, or neglect of a child.
  633         44. Section 827.04, relating to contributing to the
  634  delinquency or dependency of a child.
  635         45. Former s. 827.05, relating to negligent treatment of
  636  children.
  637         46. Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a
  638  child.
  639         47. Section 831.30, relating to fraud in obtaining
  640  medicinal drugs.
  641         48. Section 831.31, relating to the sale, manufacture,
  642  delivery, or possession with intent to sell, manufacture, or
  643  deliver any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense is
  644  a felony.
  645         49. Section 843.01, relating to resisting arrest with
  646  violence.
  647         50. Section 843.025, relating to interfering with depriving
  648  a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation
  649  officer’s officer of the means of protection or communication.
  650         51. Section 843.12, relating to aiding in an escape.
  651         52. Section 843.13, relating to aiding in the escape of
  652  juvenile inmates of correctional institutions.
  653         53. Chapter 847, relating to obscenity.
  654         54. Section 874.05, relating to encouraging or recruiting
  655  another to join a criminal gang.
  656         55. Chapter 893, relating to drug abuse prevention and
  657  control, if the offense is a felony of the second degree or
  658  greater severity.
  659         56. Section 895.03, relating to racketeering and collection
  660  of unlawful debts.
  661         57. Section 896.101, relating to the Florida Money
  662  Laundering Act.
  663         58. Section 916.1075, relating to sexual misconduct with
  664  certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual
  665  misconduct.
  666         59. Section 944.35(3), relating to inflicting cruel or
  667  inhuman treatment on an inmate, resulting in great bodily harm.
  668         60. Section 944.40, relating to escape.
  669         61. Section 944.46, relating to harboring, concealing, or
  670  aiding an escaped prisoner.
  671         62. Section 944.47, relating to introduction of contraband
  672  into a correctional institution.
  673         63. Section 985.701, relating to sexual misconduct in
  674  juvenile justice programs.
  675         64. Section 985.711, relating to introduction of contraband
  676  into a detention facility.
  677         Section 14. Paragraph (xx) of subsection (2) of section
  678  435.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  679         435.04 Level 2 screening standards.—
  680         (2) The security background investigations under this
  681  section must ensure that persons subject to this section have
  682  not been arrested for and are awaiting final disposition of;
  683  have not been found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, or
  684  entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty to; or have not been
  685  adjudicated delinquent and the record has not been sealed or
  686  expunged for, any offense prohibited under any of the following
  687  provisions of state law or similar law of another jurisdiction:
  688         (xx) Section 843.025, relating to interfering with
  689  depriving a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional
  690  probation officer’s officer means of protection or
  691  communication.
  692         Section 15. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
  693  921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  694         921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking
  695  chart.—
  696         (3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART
  697         (d) LEVEL 4
  698  
  699  FloridaStatute             FelonyDegree        Description        
  700  104.155                        3rd     Unqualified noncitizen electors voting; aiding or soliciting noncitizen electors in voting.
  701  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.
  702  499.0051(1)                    3rd     Failure to maintain or deliver transaction history, transaction information, or transaction statements.
  703  499.0051(5)                    2nd     Knowing sale or delivery, or possession with intent to sell, contraband prescription drugs.
  704  517.07(1)                      3rd     Failure to register securities.
  705  517.12(1)                      3rd     Failure of dealer or associated person of a dealer of securities to register.
  706  784.031                        3rd     Battery by strangulation.  
  707  784.07(2)(b)                   3rd     Battery of law enforcement officer, firefighter, etc.
  708  784.074(1)(c)                  3rd     Battery of sexually violent predators facility staff.
  709  784.075                        3rd     Battery on detention or commitment facility staff.
  710  784.078                        3rd     Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
  711  784.08(2)(c)                   3rd     Battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
  712  784.081(3)                     3rd     Battery on specified official or employee.
  713  784.082(3)                     3rd     Battery by detained person on visitor or other detainee.
  714  784.083(3)                     3rd     Battery on code inspector. 
  715  784.085                        3rd     Battery of child by throwing, tossing, projecting, or expelling certain fluids or materials.
  716  787.03(1)                      3rd     Interference with custody; wrongly takes minor from appointed guardian.
  717  787.04(2)                      3rd     Take, entice, or remove child beyond state limits with criminal intent pending custody proceedings.
  718  787.04(3)                      3rd     Carrying child beyond state lines with criminal intent to avoid producing child at custody hearing or delivering to designated person.
  719  787.07                         3rd     Human smuggling.           
  720  790.115(1)                     3rd     Exhibiting firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a school.
  721  790.115(2)(b)                  3rd     Possessing electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon on school property.
  722  790.115(2)(c)                  3rd     Possessing firearm on school property.
  723  794.051(1)                     3rd     Indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching of certain minors.
  724  800.04(7)(c)                   3rd     Lewd or lascivious exhibition; offender less than 18 years.
  725  806.135                        2nd     Destroying or demolishing a memorial or historic property.
  726  810.02(4)(a)                   3rd     Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied structure; unarmed; no assault or battery.
  727  810.02(4)(b)                   3rd     Burglary, or attempted burglary, of an unoccupied conveyance; unarmed; no assault or battery.
  728  810.06                         3rd     Burglary; possession of tools.
  729  810.08(2)(c)                   3rd     Trespass on property, armed with firearm or dangerous weapon.
  730  810.145(3)(b)                  3rd     Digital voyeurism dissemination.
  731  812.014(2)(c)3.                3rd     Grand theft, 3rd degree $10,000 or more but less than $20,000.
  732  812.014 (2)(c)4. & 6.-10.      3rd     Grand theft, 3rd degree; specified items.
  733  812.014(2)(d)2.                3rd     Grand theft, 3rd degree; $750 or more taken from dwelling or its unenclosed curtilage.
  734  812.014(2)(e)3.                3rd     Petit theft, 1st degree; less than $40 taken from dwelling or its unenclosed curtilage with two or more prior theft convictions.
  735  812.0195(2)                    3rd     Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet; property stolen $300 or more.
  736  817.505(4)(a)                  3rd     Patient brokering.         
  737  817.563(1)                     3rd     Sell or deliver substance other than controlled substance agreed upon, excluding s. 893.03(5) drugs.
  738  817.568(2)(a)                  3rd     Fraudulent use of personal identification information.
  739  817.5695(3)(c)                 3rd     Exploitation of person 65 years of age or older, value less than $10,000.
  740  817.625(2)(a)                  3rd     Fraudulent use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder.
  741  817.625(2)(c)                  3rd     Possess, sell, or deliver skimming device.
  742  828.125(1)                     2nd     Kill, maim, or cause great bodily harm or permanent breeding disability to any registered horse or cattle.
  743  836.14(2)                      3rd     Person who commits theft of a sexually explicit image with intent to promote it.
  744  836.14(3)                      3rd     Person who willfully possesses a sexually explicit image with certain knowledge, intent, and purpose.
  745  837.02(1)                      3rd     Perjury in official proceedings.
  746  837.021(1)                     3rd     Make contradictory statements in official proceedings.
  747  838.022                        3rd     Official misconduct.       
  748  839.13(2)(a)                   3rd     Falsifying records of an individual in the care and custody of a state agency.
  749  839.13(2)(c)                   3rd     Falsifying records of the Department of Children and Families.
  750  843.021                        3rd     Possession of a concealed handcuff key by a person in custody.
  751  843.025                        3rd     Interfering with a Deprive law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer’s officer of means of protection or communication.
  752  843.15(1)(a)                   3rd     Failure to appear while on bail for felony (bond estreature or bond jumping).
  753  843.19(2)                      2nd     Injure, disable, or kill police, fire, or SAR canine or police horse.
  754  847.0135(5)(c)                 3rd     Lewd or lascivious exhibition using computer; offender less than 18 years.
  755  870.01(3)                      2nd     Aggravated rioting.        
  756  870.01(5)                      2nd     Aggravated inciting a riot.
  757  874.05(1)(a)                   3rd     Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang.
  758  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).
  759  914.14(2)                      3rd     Witnesses accepting bribes.
  760  914.22(1)                      3rd     Force, threaten, etc., witness, victim, or informant.
  761  914.23(2)                      3rd     Retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, no bodily injury.
  762  916.1085 (2)(c)1.              3rd     Introduction of specified contraband into certain DCF facilities.
  763  918.12                         3rd     Tampering with jurors.     
  764  934.215                        3rd     Use of two-way communications device to facilitate commission of a crime.
  765  944.47(1)(a)6.                 3rd     Introduction of contraband (cellular telephone or other portable communication device) into correctional institution.
  766  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.
  767  
  768         Section 16. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
  769  914.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  770         914.25 Protective services for certain victims and
  771  witnesses.—
  772         (1) For purposes of this section, the term:
  773         (b) “Serious felony offense” means one of the following
  774  offenses, including an attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to
  775  commit one of the following offenses: murder, manslaughter,
  776  sexual battery, aggravated stalking, aggravated battery,
  777  carjacking, home invasion robbery, burglary, arson, robbery,
  778  kidnapping, racketeering, or trafficking in a controlled
  779  substance, battery by strangulation, human smuggling, human
  780  trafficking, or any other felony that involves the use or threat
  781  of physical force or violence against any individual.
  782         Section 17. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  783  made by this act to section 914.25, Florida Statutes, in
  784  references thereto, subsections (1), (2), and (5) of section
  785  914.27, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read:
  786         914.27 Confidentiality of victim and witness information.—
  787         (1) Information held by any state or local law enforcement
  788  agency, state attorney, the statewide prosecutor, the Victim and
  789  Witness Protection Review Committee created pursuant to s.
  790  943.031, or the Department of Law Enforcement which discloses:
  791         (a) The identity or location of a victim or witness who has
  792  been identified or certified for protective or relocation
  793  services pursuant to s. 914.25;
  794         (b) The identity or location of an immediate family member
  795  of a victim or witness who has been identified or certified
  796  pursuant to s. 914.25;
  797         (c) Relocation sites, techniques, or procedures utilized or
  798  developed as a result of the victim and witness protective
  799  services afforded by s. 914.25; or
  800         (d) The identity or relocation site of any victim, witness,
  801  or immediate family member of a victim or witness who has made a
  802  relocation of permanent residence by reason of the victim’s or
  803  witness’s involvement in the investigation or prosecution giving
  804  rise to certification for protective or relocation services
  805  pursuant to s. 914.25;
  806  
  807  is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1)
  808  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Such information
  809  may be shared by law enforcement agencies, state attorneys, and
  810  the statewide prosecutor to facilitate the protective or
  811  relocation services provided pursuant to s. 914.25 and to
  812  support the prosecution efforts of the state attorneys and the
  813  statewide prosecutor. Any information so shared must remain
  814  confidential and exempt in the hands of any agency or entity to
  815  which the information is provided.
  816         (2) If a victim or witness is identified for protective
  817  services under s. 914.25 and is later denied certification, the
  818  identity and location information exempt pursuant to paragraphs
  819  (1)(a) and (b) becomes public information, unless otherwise
  820  provided by law.
  821         (5) For the purposes of effectively implementing s. 914.25,
  822  any state or local law enforcement agency, state attorney, or
  823  the statewide prosecutor may provide written notification to an
  824  agency as defined in s. 119.011 or to a business entity
  825  operating under contract with, licensed by, or having any other
  826  business relationship with an agency, or providing services
  827  pursuant to s. 914.25, that information described in subsection
  828  (1) held by that agency or business is confidential and exempt
  829  from public disclosure. The state or local law enforcement
  830  agency, state attorney, or the statewide prosecutor providing
  831  such written notification shall also provide written
  832  notification to the agency or business as to when, in accordance
  833  with this section, identity and location information exempted
  834  pursuant to paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) can be made publicly
  835  available.
  836         Section 18. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
  837  made by this act to section 914.25, Florida Statutes, in a
  838  reference thereto, paragraph (c) of subsection (8) of section
  839  943.031, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
  840         943.031 Florida Violent Crime and Drug Control Council.—
  841         (8) VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE.—
  842         (c) The lead law enforcement agency providing victim or
  843  witness protective or temporary relocation services pursuant to
  844  the provisions of s. 914.25 may submit a request for
  845  reimbursement to the Victim and Witness Protection Review
  846  Committee in a format approved by the committee. The lead law
  847  enforcement agency shall submit such reimbursement request on
  848  behalf of all law enforcement agencies that cooperated in
  849  providing protective or temporary relocation services related to
  850  a particular criminal investigation or prosecution. As part of
  851  the reimbursement request, the lead law enforcement agency must
  852  indicate how any reimbursement proceeds will be distributed
  853  among the agencies that provided protective or temporary
  854  relocation services.
  855         Section 19. Effective July 1, 2025, paragraph (a) of
  856  subsection (2) of section 943.0595, Florida Statutes, is
  857  amended, and paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of that
  858  section, to read:
  859         943.0595 Automatic sealing of criminal history records;
  860  confidentiality of related court records.—
  861         (2) ELIGIBILITY.—
  862         (a) The department shall automatically seal a criminal
  863  history record that does not result from an indictment,
  864  information, or other charging document for a forcible felony as
  865  defined in s. 776.08 or for an offense enumerated in s.
  866  943.0435(1)(h)1.a.(I), if:
  867         1.An indictment, information, or other charging document
  868  was not filed or issued in the case giving rise to the criminal
  869  history record.
  870         2.An indictment, information, or other charging document
  871  was filed in the case giving rise to the criminal history
  872  record, but was dismissed or nolle prosequi by the state
  873  attorney or statewide prosecutor or was dismissed by a court of
  874  competent jurisdiction as to all counts. However, a person is
  875  not eligible for automatic sealing under this section if the
  876  dismissal was pursuant to s. 916.145 or s. 985.19.
  877         1.3. A not guilty verdict was rendered by a judge or jury
  878  as to all counts. However, a person is not eligible for
  879  automatic sealing under this section if the defendant was found
  880  not guilty by reason of insanity.
  881         2.4. A judgment of acquittal was rendered by a judge as to
  882  all counts.
  883         (3) PROCESS FOR AND EFFECT OF AUTOMATIC SEALING.—
  884         (e)This section does not limit a prosecutor from accessing
  885  a criminal history record sealed pursuant to this section to
  886  determine an appropriate plea offer, to access evidence that can
  887  be used in a prosecution, or to determine eligibility for
  888  diversion.
  889         Section 20. Effective July 1, 2025, section 943.0413,
  890  Florida Statutes, is created to read:
  891         943.0413Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program.—
  892         (1)(a)Subject to Legislative appropriation, the Critical
  893  Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program is created within the
  894  department to support the ongoing assessment of this state’s
  895  vulnerability to, and ability to detect, prevent, prepare for,
  896  respond to, and recover from, acts of terrorism within or
  897  affecting this state.
  898         (b)The state, or any law enforcement agency, county,
  899  municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, or
  900  any agent thereof, which has constitutional or statutory
  901  authority to employ or appoint law enforcement officers, is
  902  eligible to receive funding from the grant program to map
  903  critical infrastructure locations that meet the requirements of
  904  this section.
  905         (2)Grant funds may be used to map critical infrastructure
  906  as defined in s. 812.141, public gathering places, places of
  907  worship, and any other locations for which a map would be deemed
  908  of high value for facilitating an emergency response.
  909         (3)Each map of such locations must be created in an
  910  electronic or digital format and must be provided to all local,
  911  state, and federal responding agencies that request such maps
  912  for use in responding to emergencies. Each map must satisfy all
  913  of the following requirements:
  914         (a)Be compatible with and integrate into the department’s
  915  statewide database and be compatible with software platforms
  916  used by local, state, and federal public safety agencies that
  917  provide emergency services to the specific location for which
  918  the data is provided without requiring such agencies to purchase
  919  additional software or requiring a fee to view or access the
  920  data.
  921         (b)Be in a printable format and, if requested, be in a
  922  digital file format that can be integrated into interactive
  923  mobile platforms currently in use.
  924         (c)Be verified for accuracy, which must include a walk
  925  through of a building or grounds.
  926         (d)Be oriented to true north.
  927         (e)Be overlaid on current aerial imagery.
  928         (f)Contain site-specific labeling that matches the
  929  structure of the building, including, but not limited to, room
  930  labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers
  931  and locations of hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes,
  932  automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits.
  933         (g)Contain site-specific labeling that matches the
  934  grounds, including, but not limited to, parking areas,
  935  surrounding roads, and neighboring properties.
  936         (h)Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates.
  937         (4)The department may adopt rules to administer this
  938  section.
  939         Section 21. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
  940  act and except for this section, which shall take effect July 1,
  941  2025, this act shall take effect October 1, 2025.
  942  
  943  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  944  And the title is amended as follows:
  945         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  946  and insert:
  947                        A bill to be entitled                      
  948         An act relating to criminal justice; creating s.
  949         316.2675, F.S.; prohibiting the use of motor vehicle
  950         kill switches; providing exceptions; providing
  951         criminal penalties; amending s. 321.04, F.S.;
  952         providing for retention by the Florida Highway Patrol
  953         of certain reimbursement funds paid by patrol
  954         officers; amending s. 775.0823, F.S.; providing a
  955         minimum mandatory sentence for attempted murder of
  956         specified justice system personnel; amending s.
  957         790.051, F.S.; providing correctional probation
  958         officers with the same firearms rights as law
  959         enforcement officers; amending s. 790.052, F.S.;
  960         providing that specified persons may carry weapons on
  961         the same basis as law enforcement officers; amending
  962         s. 817.49, F.S.; providing increased criminal
  963         penalties for making a false report of a crime;
  964         providing policies concerning enforcement; amending s.
  965         943.135, F.S.; providing that certified law
  966         enforcement officers who are not actively employed by
  967         law enforcement agencies may retain their
  968         certification by complying with certification
  969         requirements; amending s. 943.1718, F.S.; authorizing
  970         the use of artificial intelligence for specified
  971         purposes in conjunction with data from first responder
  972         body cameras; providing requirements on the use of
  973         such artificial intelligence; amending s. 951.27,
  974         F.S.; requiring certain testing of an arrestee and
  975         provision of test results to a first responder or
  976         criminal justice professional who has been exposed to
  977         bodily fluids or bloodborne pathogens from the
  978         arrestee; requiring a first responder or criminal
  979         justice professional exposed to a potential
  980         communicable disease or bloodborne pathogen from an
  981         arrestee to provide a notice of the exposure to the
  982         detention facility; authorizing the first responder or
  983         criminal justice professional to obtain blood test
  984         results according to certain provisions; amending s.
  985         921.0022, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
  986         by the act; amending s. 843.025, F.S.; prohibiting a
  987         person from depriving certain officers of digital
  988         recording devices or restraint devices; prohibiting a
  989         person from rendering useless certain officer’s
  990         weapons or radios, digital recording devices, or
  991         restraint devices; providing criminal penalties;
  992         amending ss. 397.417, 420.6241, 435.04, and 921.0022,
  993         F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
  994         act; amending s. 914.25, F.S.; revising the definition
  995         of the term “serious felony offense”; reenacting ss.
  996         914.27(1), (2), and (5) and 943.031(8)(c), F.S.,
  997         relating to the confidentiality of victim and witness
  998         information and the Victim and Witness Protection
  999         Review Committee, respectively, to incorporate the
 1000         amendment made to s. 914.25, F.S., in references
 1001         thereto; amending s. 943.0595, F.S.; eliminating
 1002         certain circumstances in which criminal history
 1003         records are automatically sealed; providing that
 1004         specified provisions do not limit a prosecutor from
 1005         accessing automatically sealed criminal history
 1006         records for certain purposes; creating s. 943.0413,
 1007         F.S.; creating the Critical Infrastructure Mapping
 1008         Grant Program within the Florida Department of Law
 1009         Enforcement; providing eligibility; specifying
 1010         requirements for maps created by the program;
 1011         providing effective dates.