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| 10 | 10 | | 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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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to risk protection orders; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 790.401, F.S.; redefining the term "petitioner" to 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | include an individual who has a biological or legal 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | parent-child relationship with, who is a legal 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | guardian of, or who is a spouse or sibling of a 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | respondent, for purposes of determining standing for 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | the filing of a petition for a risk protection order; 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing an effective date. 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and paragraphs 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a), (b), (c), and (g) of subsection (2) of section 790.401, 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 790.401 Risk protection orders. — 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) "Petitioner" means a law enforcement officer ; or a law 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | enforcement agency; an individual who has a biological or legal 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | parent-child relationship with a respondent, in cluding a 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | stepparent-stepchild relationship and a grandparent -grandchild 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | relationship; an individual who is the legal guardian of a 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | respondent; the spouse of a respondent; or a sibling of a 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | respondent who that petitions a court for a risk protection 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | order under this section. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (2) PETITION FOR A RISK PROTECTION ORDER. —There is created 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | an action known as a petition for a risk protection order. 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (a) A petition for a risk protection order may be filed by 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | a petitioner law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (b) An action under this section must be filed in the 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | county where: 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 1. The petitioner's law enforcement office is located , if 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the petitioner is a law enforcement officer or a law enforcement 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | agency; 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2. The petitioner resides, if the petition er is not a law 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | enforcement officer or a law enforcement agency; or 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3. the county where The respondent resides. 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) A Such petition for a risk protection order does not 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | require the petitioner or the respondent either party to be 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | represented by an attor ney. 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (g) The petitioner must list the address of record on the 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | petition must be the address as being where the appropriate law 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | enforcement agency is located , if the petitioner is a law 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | enforcement officer or a law enforcement agency, or the address 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | where the petitioner resides, if the petitioner is not a law 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | enforcement officer or a law enforcement agency . 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 48 |
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