Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0047 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 08/25/2021

                               
 
HB 47  	2022 
 
 
 
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P	R E S E N T A T I V E	S 
 
 
 
A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to fraudulent proof of vaccination; 2 
creating s. 817.354, F.S.; prohibiting specified 3 
actions involving a fraudulent proof of vaccination; 4 
providing criminal penalties; providing an effective 5 
date. 6 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 
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 Section 1.  Section 817.354, Florida Statutes, is created 10 
to read: 11 
 817.354  Fraudulent proof of vaccination. —A person who 12 
counterfeits, forges, alters, clones, or possesses a 13 
certificate, card, or other physical or electronic medium that 14 
falsely indicates that the holder of the certificate, card, or 15 
other physical or electronic medium has been vaccinated against 16 
a specific disease, with the intent to defraud, commits a felony 17 
of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 18 
775.083, or s. 775.084. 19 
 Section 2.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2022. 20