HB 351 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 offenses against firefighters; 2
amending s. 782.065, F.S.; providing enhanced 3
penalties for certain offenses committed against 4
firefighters engaged in the performance of their 5
lawful duties; providing an effective 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 782.065, Florida Statutes, is amended 10
to read: 11
782.065 Murder; law enforce ment officer, correctional 12
officer, correctional probation officer , firefighter.—13
Notwithstanding ss. 775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and 14
chapter 921, a defendant shall be sentenced to life imprisonment 15
without eligibility for release upon findings by t he trier of 16
fact that, beyond a reasonable doubt: 17
(1) The defendant committed murder in the first degree in 18
violation of s. 782.04(1) and a death sentence was not imposed; 19
murder in the second or third degree in violation of s. 20
782.04(2), (3), or (4); at tempted murder in the first or second 21
degree in violation of s. 782.04(1)(a)1. or (2); or attempted 22
felony murder in violation of s. 782.051; and 23
(2) The victim of any offense described in subsection (1) 24
was a law enforcement officer, part -time law enforcement 25
HB 351 2022
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officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional 26
officer, part-time correctional officer, auxiliary correctional 27
officer, correctional probation officer, part -time correctional 28
probation officer, or auxiliary correctional probation officer, 29
as those terms are defined in s. 943.10, or firefighter, as 30
defined in s. 633.102, engaged in the lawful performance of a 31
legal duty. 32
Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022. 33