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FL H0257
Bill
Status
9/29/2015
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary Committee
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AI Summary
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Creates Section 836.12, Florida Statutes, establishing the crime of "terroristic threats" for threatening to commit a crime of violence with intent to cause terror or evacuation of buildings, places of assembly, or public transportation facilities
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Third-degree felony for basic violations; elevated to second-degree felony when threats cause actual disruption of operations or target specified officials including teachers, school administrators, law enforcement officers, judges, elected officials, or their family members
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"Family member" broadly defined to include relatives by blood or marriage, household members, fiancés, and those for whom a person stands in loco parentis
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Convicted offenders must pay restitution for all costs and damages caused by evacuations resulting from their threats, in addition to other criminal penalties
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Effective date: July 1, 2016
Legislative Description
Terroristic Threats
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 436 (Ch. 2016-156)
3/7/2016