FL H0371

Willfully providing false crime reports to law enforcement officers or public safety agency employees, knowing no crime occurred, remains a first-degree misdemeanor under s. 817.49, F.S.

Enhances the penalty to a third-degree felony if a false crime report triggers a public safety agency response that results in great bodily harm, permanent disfigurement, or permanent disability to any person.

Enhances the penalty to a second-degree felony if a false crime report triggers a public safety agency response that results in the death of any person.

Courts are required to order restitution for any conviction under this section, including full payment of all costs incurred by responding public safety agencies (law enforcement, fire departments, EMS, ambulance services, and other first responder entities).

Adds the new felony offenses to the Criminal Punishment Code's offense severity ranking chart: the third-degree felony (great bodily harm) at Level 3 and the second-degree felony (death) at Level 6.