| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to residential picketing; creating s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 810.15, F.S.; defining the term "dwelling"; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | prohibiting a person from picketing or protesting 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | before or about the dwelling of a person with 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | specified intent; providing criminal penalties; 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | requiring a specified warning before arrest for a 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | violation; providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, the state has a significant interest in protecting 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the tranquility and privacy of the home and protecting citizens 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | from the detrimental effect of targeted picketing, and 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of the United States recognized 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | this interest in upholding a challenged ordinance restricting 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | residential picketing in Frisby v. Schultz, 487 U.S. 474 (1988), 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NOW, THEREFORE, 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 1. Section 810.15, Florida Statutes, is created to 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | read: 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 810.15 Residential picketing. — 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) As used in this section, t he term "dwelling" means a 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | building, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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 |
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| 51 | 51 | | more families. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) It is unlawful for a person to picket or protest 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | before or about the dwelling of a ny person with the intent to 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | harass or disturb that person in his or her dwelling. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (3) A person who violates this section commits a 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 775.082 or s. 775.083. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (4) Before a person may be arreste d for a violation of 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | this section, a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 943.10(1), or a local, state, federal, or military law 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | enforcement agency must go as near to the person as may be done 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | with safety and shall command any person picketing or prot esting 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | before or about the dwelling of a person to immediately and 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | peaceably disperse. If any such person does not thereupon 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | immediately and peaceably disperse, he or she may be arrested 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | for a violation of this section. 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Section 2. This act shall take e ffect October 1, 2022. 42 |
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