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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to criminal offenses against law 2
enforcement officers and other personnel; providing a 3
short title; amending s. 776.051, F.S.; revising a 4
prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to 5
resist arrest or detention; amending s. 782.065, F.S.; 6
providing for enhanced punishment for additional 7
offenses when committed against specified officers; 8
revising applicability; amending s. 784.07, F.S .; 9
revising the definition of the term "law enforcement 10
officer"; revising provisions concerning assault or 11
battery upon specified officers; amending s. 843.01, 12
F.S.; revising a provision concerning resisting, 13
obstructing, or opposing specified officers; p roviding 14
an effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Officer Jason 19
Raynor Act." 20
Section 2. Section 776.051, Florida Statutes, is amended 21
to read: 22
776.051 Use or threa tened use of force in resisting arrest 23
or detention making an arrest or in the execution of a legal 24
duty; prohibition.— 25
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(1) A person is not justified in the use or threatened use 26
of force to resist any an arrest or detention by a law 27
enforcement officer, or to resist a law enforcement officer who 28
is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties as 29
described in s. 943.10(1), if who is engaged in the execution of 30
a legal duty, if the law enforcement officer was acting in good 31
faith and he or she is known, or reasonably appears, to be a law 32
enforcement officer. 33
(2) A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the 34
officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, is not 35
justified in the use of force if the arrest or execution of a 36
legal duty is unlawful and known by him or her to be unlawful. 37
Section 3. Section 782.065, Florida Statutes, is amended 38
to read: 39
782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional 40
officer, correctional probation officer. —Notwithstanding ss. 41
775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and chapter 921, a defendant 42
shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for 43
release upon findings by the trier of fact that, beyond a 44
reasonable doubt: 45
(1) The defendant committed murder in the first degree in 46
violation of s. 782.04(1) and a death sentence was not imposed; 47
murder in the second or third degree in violation of s. 48
782.04(2), (3), or (4); attempted murder in the first or second 49
degree in violation of s. 782.04(1)(a)1. or (2); or attempted 50
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felony murder in violation of s. 782.051 ; or manslaughter in 51
violation of s. 782.07 ; and 52
(2) The victim of any offense described in subsection (1) 53
was a law enforcement officer, part -time law enforcement 54
officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional 55
officer, part-time correctional officer, auxiliary correctional 56
officer, correctional probation officer, part -time correctional 57
probation officer, or auxiliary correctional probation officer, 58
as those terms are defined in s. 943.10, who was engaged in the 59
performance of his or her official duties as described in s. 60
943.10 engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty . 61
Section 4. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection 62
(2) of section 784.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 63
784.07 Assault or bat tery of law enforcement officers and 64
other specified personnel; reclassification of offenses; minimum 65
sentences.— 66
(1) As used in this section, the term: 67
(e) "Law enforcement officer" includes a law enforcement 68
officer, a correctional officer, a correctional probation 69
officer, a part-time law enforcement officer, a part -time 70
correctional officer, an auxiliary law enforcement officer, and 71
an auxiliary correctional officer, as those terms are 72
respectively defined i n s. 943.10, and any county probation 73
officer; an employee or agent of the Department of Corrections 74
who supervises or provides services to inmates; an officer of 75
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the Florida Commission on Offender Review; a federal law 76
enforcement officer as defined in s. 901.1505; and law 77
enforcement personnel of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 78
Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the 79
Department of Law Enforcement. The duties and responsibilities 80
of these respective positions are described in s. 9 43.10. 81
(2) Whenever any person is charged with knowingly 82
committing an assault or battery upon a law enforcement officer, 83
a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, hospital 84
personnel, a railroad special officer, a traffic accident 85
investigation officer as described in s. 316.640, a nonsworn law 86
enforcement agency employee who is certified as an agency 87
inspector, a blood alcohol analyst, or a breath test operator 88
while such employee is in uniform and engaged in processing, 89
testing, evaluating, ana lyzing, or transporting a person who is 90
detained or under arrest for DUI, a law enforcement explorer, a 91
traffic infraction enforcement officer as described in s. 92
316.640, a parking enforcement specialist as defined in s. 93
316.640, a person licensed as a sec urity officer as defined in 94
s. 493.6101 and wearing a uniform that bears at least one patch 95
or emblem that is visible at all times that clearly identifies 96
the employing agency and that clearly identifies the person as a 97
licensed security officer, or a secu rity officer employed by the 98
board of trustees of a community college, while the officer, 99
firefighter, emergency medical care provider, hospital 100
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personnel, railroad special officer, traffic accident 101
investigation officer, traffic infraction enforcement off icer, 102
inspector, analyst, operator, law enforcement explorer, parking 103
enforcement specialist, public transit employee or agent, or 104
security officer is engaged in the performance of his or her 105
official duties is engaged in the lawful performance of his or 106
her duties, the offense for which the person is charged shall be 107
reclassified as follows: 108
(a) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the 109
second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree. 110
(b) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the 111
first degree to a felony of the third degree. Notwithstanding 112
any other provision of law, a person convicted of battery upon a 113
law enforcement officer committed in furtherance of a riot or an 114
aggravated riot prohibited under s. 870.01 shall be sentenced to 115
a minimum term of imprisonment of 6 months. 116
(c) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of 117
the third degree to a felony of the second degree. 118
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted 119
of aggravated assault upon a law enforce ment officer shall be 120
sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years. 121
(d) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of 122
the second degree to a felony of the first degree. 123
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted 124
of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer shall be 125
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sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years. 126
Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 843.01, Florida 127
Statutes, is amended to read: 128
843.01 Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or 129
doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or 130
police horse.— 131
(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or 132
opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), 133
(7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender 134
Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the 135
commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation 136
officer; personnel or representative of the Department of Law 137
Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execu te 138
process in the execution of legal process or engaged in the 139
performance of his or her official duties as described in s. 140
943.10 in the lawful execution of any legal duty , by offering or 141
doing violence to the person of such officer or legally 142
authorized person, commits a felony of the third degree, 143
punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 144
Section 6. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 145