Florida Senate - 2022 SB 158 By Senator Harrell 25-00323-22 2022158__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to traveling across county lines with 3 intent to commit a felony; amending s. 843.22, F.S.; 4 defining the term felony offense; providing for 5 reclassification of certain felony offenses when the 6 person who commits the offense crosses a county line 7 with specified intent; removing the requirement for 8 reclassification that an offenders travel be for the 9 purpose of thwarting law enforcement attempts to track 10 stolen items; providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Section 843.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to 15 read: 16 843.22Traveling across county lines with intent to commit 17 a felony burglary. 18 (1)As used in this section, the term: 19 (a)County of residence means the county within this 20 state in which a person resides. Evidence of a persons county 21 of residence includes, but is not limited to: 22 1.The address on a persons driver license or state 23 identification card; 24 2.Records of real property or mobile home ownership; 25 3.Records of a lease agreement for residential property; 26 4.The county in which a persons motor vehicle is 27 registered; 28 5.The county in which a person is enrolled in an 29 educational institution; and 30 6.The county in which a person is employed. 31 (b)Felony offense means a felony violation of any of the 32 following: 33 1. means burglary as defined in s. 810.02., 34 2.Grand theft, as prohibited under s. 812.014. 35 36 For purposes of this paragraph, the term includes including an 37 attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit such offense. 38 (2)If a person who commits a felony offense burglary 39 travels any distance with the intent to commit the felony 40 offense burglary in a county in this state other than the 41 persons county of residence, the degree of the felony offense 42 burglary shall be reclassified to the next higher degree if the 43 purpose of the persons travel is to thwart law enforcement 44 attempts to track the items stolen in the burglary. For purposes 45 of sentencing under chapter 921 and determining incentive gain 46 time eligibility under chapter 944, a felony offense burglary 47 that is reclassified under this section is ranked one level 48 above the ranking specified in s. 921.0022 or s. 921.0023 for 49 the felony offense burglary committed. 50 Section 2.This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.