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| 3 | 3 | | HB 259 2024 |
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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 discharging a firearm in 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | residential areas; amending s. 790.15, F.S.; revising 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | prohibitions on the discharge of firearms in 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | residential areas; providing criminal penalties; 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | removing exceptions; providing an effective date. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 790.15, Florida 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 790.15 Discharging fir earm in public or on residential 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | property.— 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4)(a) Any person who recreationally discharges a firearm 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | outdoors, including target shooting, in an area that the person 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | knows or reasonably should know : 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1. Is primarily residential in nature ; or and that has a 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | residential density of one or more dwelling units per acre , 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2. Has a residential density of 1.25 or more acres per 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | dwelling unit and the firearm discharge by the person does not 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | remain within the boundaries of the property in which the 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | discharge takes place, 22 |
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| 37 | 37 | | commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB 259 2024 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) This subsection does not apply : 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (a) to a person lawfully defending life or property or 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | performing official duties requiring the discharge of a firearm; 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) If, under the circumstances, the discharge does not 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | pose a reasonably foreseeable risk to life, safety, or property; 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | or 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) To a person who accidentally discharges a firearm . 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 33 |
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