FL S0496

Adds "ocean lifeguard" definition as a lifeguard employed along coastal or intracoastal beaches and shores to prevent injury or drowning.

Provides enhanced criminal penalties for assault or battery on an ocean lifeguard, reclassifying offenses upward (assault from 2nd degree misdemeanor to 1st degree misdemeanor; battery from 1st degree misdemeanor to 3rd degree felony).

Updates section 901.15 to allow law enforcement officers to arrest without warrant when there is probable cause that a person committed assault on an ocean lifeguard.

Updates the offense severity ranking chart in section 921.0022 to include ocean lifeguards in aggravated assault and aggravated battery provisions alongside law enforcement officers and firefighters.

Amends sections 943.051 and 985.11 regarding fingerprinting of minors to include assault or battery on ocean lifeguards as offenses requiring fingerprinting and submission to criminal justice information systems.