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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to lewd or lascivious grooming; 2
creating s. 800.045, F.S.; providing definitions; 3
creating the offense of lewd or lascivious grooming; 4
providing criminal penalties; providing applicability; 5
amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; ranking the offense on the 6
offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal 7
Punishment Code; providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Section 800.045, Florida Statutes, is created 12
to read: 13
800.045 Lewd or lascivious grooming. — 14
(1) As used in this section, the term: 15
(a) "Inappropriate communication or conduct" means any 16
verbal, written, or electronic communication or any conduct in 17
which a person describes, depicts, or demonstrates sexual 18
conduct or sexual excitement. 19
(b) "Sexual activity" has the same meaning as in s. 20
800.04(1). 21
(c) "Sexual conduct" and the term "sexual excitement" have 22
the same meanings as in s. 847.001. 23
(d) "Sexual performance" has the same meaning as in s. 24
827.071(1). 25
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(2) A person 18 years of age or older who, with lewd or 26
lascivious intent, engages in a pattern of inappropriate 27
communication or conduct directed toward a person less than 16 28
years of age for the purpose of preparing, encouraging, or 29
enticing such person to engage in any unlawful sexual activity, 30
unlawful sexual conduct, or unlawful sexual performance commits 31
lewd or lascivious grooming, a felony of the third degree, 32
punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 33
(3) This section does not apply to any act of medical 34
diagnosis or treatment or to an educational conversation by a 35
parent, caregiver, counselor, or educator that is intended for 36
the purpose of sexual education and not intended to elicit 37
sexual excitement. 38
Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 39
921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 40
921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity 41
ranking chart.— 42
(3) OFFENSE SEVERIT Y RANKING CHART 43
(c) LEVEL 3 44
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Florida
Statute
Felony
Degree Description
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119.10(2)(b) 3rd Unlawful use of confidential
information from police
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reports.
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316.066
(3)(b)-(d)
3rd Unlawfully obtaining or using
confidential crash reports.
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316.193(2)(b) 3rd Felony DUI, 3rd conviction.
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316.1935(2) 3rd Fleeing or attempting to elude
law enforcement officer in
patrol vehicle with siren and
lights activated.
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319.30(4) 3rd Possession by junkyard of motor
vehicle with identification
number plate removed.
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319.33(1)(a) 3rd Alter or forge any certificate
of title to a motor vehicle or
mobile home.
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319.33(1)(c) 3rd Procure or pass title on stolen
vehicle.
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319.33(4) 3rd With intent to defraud,
possess, sell, etc., a blank,
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forged, or unlawfully obtained
title or registration.
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327.35(2)(b) 3rd Felony BUI.
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328.05(2) 3rd Possess, sell, or counterfeit
fictitious, stolen, or
fraudulent titles or bills of
sale of vessels.
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328.07(4) 3rd Manufacture, exchange, or
possess vessel with counterfeit
or wrong ID number.
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376.302(5) 3rd Fraud related to reimbursement
for cleanup expenses under the
Inland Protection Trust Fund.
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379.2431
(1)(e)5.
3rd Taking, disturbing, mutilating,
destroying, causing to be
destroyed, transferring,
selling, offering to sell,
molesting, or harassing marine
turtles, marine turtle eggs, or
marine turtle nests in
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violation of the Marine Turtle
Protection Act.
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379.2431
(1)(e)6.
3rd Possessing any marine turtle
species or hatchling, or parts
thereof, or the nest of any
marine turtle species described
in the Marine Turtle Protection
Act.
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379.2431
(1)(e)7.
3rd Soliciting to commit or
conspiring to commit a
violation of the Marine Turtle
Protection Act.
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400.9935(4)(a)
or (b)
3rd Operating a clinic, or offering
services requiring licensure,
without a license.
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400.9935(4)(e) 3rd Filing a false license
application or other required
information or failing to
report information.
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440.1051(3) 3rd False report of workers'
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compensation fraud or
retaliation for making such a
report.
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501.001(2)(b) 2nd Tampers with a consumer product
or the container using
materially false/misleading
information.
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624.401(4)(a) 3rd Transacting insurance without a
certificate of authority.
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624.401(4)(b)1. 3rd Transacting insurance without a
certificate of authority;
premium collected less than
$20,000.
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626.902(1)(a) &
(b)
3rd Representing an unauthorized
insurer.
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697.08 3rd Equity skimming.
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790.15(3) 3rd Person directs another to
discharge firearm from a
vehicle.
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794.053 3rd Lewd or lascivious written
solicitation of a person 16 or
17 years of age by a person 24
years of age or older.
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800.045(2) 3rd Lewd or lascivious grooming.
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806.10(1) 3rd Maliciously injure, destroy, or
interfere with vehicles or
equipment used in firefighting .
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806.10(2) 3rd Interferes with or assaults
firefighter in performance of
duty.
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810.09(2)(c) 3rd Trespass on property other than
structure or conveyance armed
with firearm or dangerous
weapon.
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812.014(2)(c)2. 3rd Grand theft; $5,000 or more but
less than $10,000.
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812.0145(2)(c) 3rd Theft from person 65 years of
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age or older; $300 or more but
less than $10,000.
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812.015(8)(b) 3rd Retail theft with intent to
sell; conspires with others.
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812.081(2) 3rd Theft of a trade secret.
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815.04(4)(b) 2nd Computer offense devised to
defraud or obtain property.
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817.034(4)(a)3. 3rd Engages in scheme to defraud
(Florida Communications Fraud
Act), property valued at less
than $20,000.
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817.233 3rd Burning to defraud insurer.
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817.234
(8)(b) & (c)
3rd Unlawful solicitation of
persons involved in motor
vehicle accidents.
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817.234(11)(a) 3rd Insurance fraud; property value
less than $20,000.
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817.236 3rd Filing a false motor vehicle
insurance application.
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817.2361 3rd Creating, marketing, or
presenting a false or
fraudulent motor vehicle
insurance card.
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817.413(2) 3rd Sale of used goods of $1,000 or
more as new.
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817.49(2)(b)1. 3rd Willful making of a false
report of a crime causing great
bodily harm, permanent
disfigurement, or permanent
disability.
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831.28(2)(a) 3rd Counterfeiting a payment
instrument with intent to
defraud or possessing a
counterfeit payment instrument
with intent to defraud.
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831.29 2nd Possession of instruments for
counterfeiting driver licenses
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or identification cards.
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836.13(2) 3rd Person who promotes an altered
sexual depiction of an
identifiable person without
consent.
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838.021(3)(b) 3rd Threatens unlawful harm to
public servant.
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860.15(3) 3rd Overcharging for repairs and
parts.
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870.01(2) 3rd Riot.
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870.01(4) 3rd Inciting a riot.
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893.13(1)(a)2. 3rd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cannabis (or other s.
893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs).
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893.13(1)(d)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
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s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs
within 1,000 feet of
university.
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893.13(1)(f)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
s. 893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs
within 1,000 feet of public
housing facility.
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893.13(4)(c) 3rd Use or hire of minor; deliver
to minor other controlled
substances.
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893.13(6)(a) 3rd Possession of any control led
substance other than felony
possession of cannabis.
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893.13(7)(a)8. 3rd Withhold information from
practitioner regarding previous
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receipt of or prescription for
a controlled substance.
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893.13(7)(a)9. 3rd Obtain or attempt to obtain
controlled substance by fraud,
forgery, misrepresentation,
etc.
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893.13(7)(a)10. 3rd Affix false or forged label to
package of controlled
substance.
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893.13(7)(a)11. 3rd Furnish false or fraudulent
material information on any
document or record required by
chapter 893.
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893.13(8)(a)1. 3rd Knowingly assist a patient,
other person, or owner of an
animal in obtaining a
controlled substance through
deceptive, untrue, or
fraudulent representations in
or related to the
practitioner's practice.
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893.13(8)(a)2. 3rd Employ a trick or scheme in the
practitioner's practice to
assist a patient, other person,
or owner of an animal in
obtaining a controlled
substance.
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893.13(8)(a)3. 3rd Knowingly write a prescription
for a controlled substance for
a fictitious person.
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893.13(8)(a)4. 3rd Write a prescription for a
controlled substance for a
patient, other person, or an
animal if the sole purpose of
writing the prescription is a
monetary benefit for the
practitioner.
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918.13(1) 3rd Tampering with or fabricating
physical evidence.
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944.47
(1)(a)1. & 2.
3rd Introduce contraband to
correctional facility.
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944.47(1)(c) 2nd Possess contraband while upon
the grounds of a correctional
institution.
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985.721 3rd Escapes from a juvenile
facility (secure detention or
residential commitment
facility).
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