Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0175 Compare Versions

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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
15	15	An act relating to criminal offenses against law 2
16	16	enforcement officers and other personnel; providing a 3
17	17	short title; amending s. 776.051, F.S.; revising a 4
18	18	prohibition on the use or threatened use of force to 5
19	19	resist arrest or detention; amending s. 782.065, F.S.; 6
20	20	providing for enhanced punishment for additional 7
21	21	offenses when committed against specified officers; 8
22	22	revising applicability; amending s. 784.07, F.S .; 9
23	23	revising the definition of the term "law enforcement 10
24	24	officer"; revising provisions concerning assault or 11
25	25	battery upon specified officers; amending s. 843.01, 12
26	26	F.S.; revising a provision concerning resisting, 13
27	27	obstructing, or opposing specified officers; p roviding 14
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30	30	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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32	32	Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Officer Jason 19
33	33	Raynor Act." 20
34	34	Section 2. Section 776.051, Florida Statutes, is amended 21
35	35	to read: 22
36	36	776.051 Use or threa tened use of force in resisting arrest 23
37	37	or detention making an arrest or in the execution of a legal 24
38	38	duty; prohibition.— 25
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51	51	(1) A person is not justified in the use or threatened use 26
52	52	of force to resist any an arrest or detention by a law 27
53	53	enforcement officer, or to resist a law enforcement officer who 28
54	54	is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties as 29
55	55	described in s. 943.10(1), if who is engaged in the execution of 30
56	56	a legal duty, if the law enforcement officer was acting in good 31
57	57	faith and he or she is known, or reasonably appears, to be a law 32
58	58	enforcement officer. 33
59	59	(2) A law enforcement officer, or any person whom the 34
60	60	officer has summoned or directed to assist him or her, is not 35
61	61	justified in the use of force if the arrest or execution of a 36
62	62	legal duty is unlawful and known by him or her to be unlawful. 37
63	63	Section 3. Section 782.065, Florida Statutes, is amended 38
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65	65	782.065 Murder; law enforcement officer, correctional 40
66	66	officer, correctional probation officer. —Notwithstanding ss. 41
67	67	775.082, 775.0823, 782.04, 782.051, and chapter 921, a defendant 42
68	68	shall be sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for 43
69	69	release upon findings by the trier of fact that, beyond a 44
70	70	reasonable doubt: 45
71	71	(1) The defendant committed murder in the first degree in 46
72	72	violation of s. 782.04(1) and a death sentence was not imposed; 47
73	73	murder in the second or third degree in violation of s. 48
74	74	782.04(2), (3), or (4); attempted murder in the first or second 49
75	75	degree in violation of s. 782.04(1)(a)1. or (2); or attempted 50
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88	88	felony murder in violation of s. 782.051 ; or manslaughter in 51
89	89	violation of s. 782.07 ; and 52
90	90	(2) The victim of any offense described in subsection (1) 53
91	91	was a law enforcement officer, part -time law enforcement 54
92	92	officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer, correctional 55
93	93	officer, part-time correctional officer, auxiliary correctional 56
94	94	officer, correctional probation officer, part -time correctional 57
95	95	probation officer, or auxiliary correctional probation officer, 58
96	96	as those terms are defined in s. 943.10, who was engaged in the 59
97	97	performance of his or her official duties as described in s. 60
98	98	943.10 engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty . 61
99	99	Section 4. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and subsection 62
100	100	(2) of section 784.07, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 63
101	101	784.07 Assault or bat tery of law enforcement officers and 64
102	102	other specified personnel; reclassification of offenses; minimum 65
103	103	sentences.— 66
104	104	(1) As used in this section, the term: 67
105	105	(e) "Law enforcement officer" includes a law enforcement 68
106	106	officer, a correctional officer, a correctional probation 69
107	107	officer, a part-time law enforcement officer, a part -time 70
108	108	correctional officer, an auxiliary law enforcement officer, and 71
109	109	an auxiliary correctional officer, as those terms are 72
110	110	respectively defined i n s. 943.10, and any county probation 73
111	111	officer; an employee or agent of the Department of Corrections 74
112	112	who supervises or provides services to inmates; an officer of 75
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125	125	the Florida Commission on Offender Review; a federal law 76
126	126	enforcement officer as defined in s. 901.1505; and law 77
127	127	enforcement personnel of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 78
128	128	Commission, the Department of Environmental Protection, or the 79
129	129	Department of Law Enforcement. The duties and responsibilities 80
130	130	of these respective positions are described in s. 9 43.10. 81
131	131	(2) Whenever any person is charged with knowingly 82
132	132	committing an assault or battery upon a law enforcement officer, 83
133	133	a firefighter, an emergency medical care provider, hospital 84
134	134	personnel, a railroad special officer, a traffic accident 85
135	135	investigation officer as described in s. 316.640, a nonsworn law 86
136	136	enforcement agency employee who is certified as an agency 87
137	137	inspector, a blood alcohol analyst, or a breath test operator 88
138	138	while such employee is in uniform and engaged in processing, 89
139	139	testing, evaluating, ana lyzing, or transporting a person who is 90
140	140	detained or under arrest for DUI, a law enforcement explorer, a 91
141	141	traffic infraction enforcement officer as described in s. 92
142	142	316.640, a parking enforcement specialist as defined in s. 93
143	143	316.640, a person licensed as a sec urity officer as defined in 94
144	144	s. 493.6101 and wearing a uniform that bears at least one patch 95
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146	146	the employing agency and that clearly identifies the person as a 97
147	147	licensed security officer, or a secu rity officer employed by the 98
148	148	board of trustees of a community college, while the officer, 99
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164	164	inspector, analyst, operator, law enforcement explorer, parking 103
165	165	enforcement specialist, public transit employee or agent, or 104
166	166	security officer is engaged in the performance of his or her 105
167	167	official duties is engaged in the lawful performance of his or 106
168	168	her duties, the offense for which the person is charged shall be 107
169	169	reclassified as follows: 108
170	170	(a) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the 109
171	171	second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree. 110
172	172	(b) In the case of battery, from a misdemeanor of the 111
173	173	first degree to a felony of the third degree. Notwithstanding 112
174	174	any other provision of law, a person convicted of battery upon a 113
175	175	law enforcement officer committed in furtherance of a riot or an 114
176	176	aggravated riot prohibited under s. 870.01 shall be sentenced to 115
177	177	a minimum term of imprisonment of 6 months. 116
178	178	(c) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of 117
179	179	the third degree to a felony of the second degree. 118
180	180	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted 119
181	181	of aggravated assault upon a law enforce ment officer shall be 120
182	182	sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 3 years. 121
183	183	(d) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of 122
184	184	the second degree to a felony of the first degree. 123
185	185	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person convicted 124
186	186	of aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer shall be 125
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199	199	sentenced to a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years. 126
200	200	Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 843.01, Florida 127
201	201	Statutes, is amended to read: 128
202	202	843.01 Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or 129
203	203	doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or 130
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205	205	(1) Whoever knowingly and willfully resists, obstructs, or 132
206	206	opposes any officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), 133
207	207	(7), (8), or (9); member of the Florida Commission on Offender 134
208	208	Review or any administrative aide or supervisor employed by the 135
209	209	commission; parole and probation supervisor; county probation 136
210	210	officer; personnel or representative of the Department of Law 137
211	211	Enforcement; or other person legally authorized to execu te 138
212	212	process in the execution of legal process or engaged in the 139
213	213	performance of his or her official duties as described in s. 140
214	214	943.10 in the lawful execution of any legal duty , by offering or 141
215	215	doing violence to the person of such officer or legally 142
216	216	authorized person, commits a felony of the third degree, 143
217	217	punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 144
218	218	Section 6. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 145