| 16 | | - | monitoring device; amending s. 843.23, F.S.; revising 3 |
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| 17 | | - | the offense of tampering with an electronic monitoring 4 |
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| 18 | | - | device; reclassifying the offense to provide graduated 5 |
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| 19 | | - | penalties; providing a specified penalty for a person 6 |
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| 20 | | - | under 18 years of age who commits the offense; 7 |
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| 21 | | - | requiring revocation of pretrial release of a person 8 |
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| 22 | | - | who tampers with such a device while on pretria l 9 |
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| 23 | | - | release; permitting a court to set a new bond under 10 |
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| 24 | | - | specified conditions; providing an effective date. 11 |
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| 25 | | - | 12 |
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| 26 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 27 | | - | 14 |
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| 28 | | - | Section 1. Section 843.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to 15 |
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| 29 | | - | read: 16 |
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| 30 | | - | 843.23 Tampering with an electronic monitoring device. — 17 |
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| 31 | | - | (1) As used in this section, the term "electronic 18 |
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| 32 | | - | monitoring device" includes any device that is used to track the 19 |
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| 33 | | - | location of a person. 20 |
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| 34 | | - | (2) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally and 21 |
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| 35 | | - | without authority: 22 |
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| 36 | | - | (a) Remove, destroy, alter, tamper with, damage, or 23 |
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| 37 | | - | affirmatively act to circumvent the operation of an electronic 24 |
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| 38 | | - | monitoring device that must be worn or used by that person or 25 |
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| 16 | + | monitoring device; amending s. 843.23, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | + | reclassifying the offense of tampering with an 4 |
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| 18 | + | electronic monitoring device to provide graduated 5 |
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| 19 | + | penalties; requiring termination of pretrial release 6 |
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| 20 | + | of a person who tampers with such a device while on 7 |
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| 21 | + | pretrial release; providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 22 | + | 9 |
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| 23 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 24 | + | 11 |
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| 25 | + | Section 1. Section 843.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to 12 |
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| 26 | + | read: 13 |
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| 27 | + | 843.23 Tampering with an electronic monitoring device. — 14 |
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| 28 | + | (1) As used in this section, the term "electronic 15 |
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| 29 | + | monitoring device" includes any device that is used to track the 16 |
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| 30 | + | location of a person. 17 |
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| 31 | + | (2) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally and 18 |
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| 32 | + | without authority: 19 |
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| 33 | + | (a) Remove, destroy, alter, tamper with, damage, or 20 |
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| 34 | + | circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device that 21 |
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| 35 | + | must be worn or used by that person or anot her person pursuant 22 |
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| 36 | + | to a court order or pursuant to an order by the Florida 23 |
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| 37 | + | Commission on Offender Review; or 24 |
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| 38 | + | (b) Request, authorize, or solicit a person to remove, 25 |
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| 51 | | - | another person pursuant to a court order or pursuant to an order 26 |
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| 52 | | - | by the Florida Commission on Offender Review; or 27 |
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| 53 | | - | (b) Request, authorize, or solicit a person to remove, 28 |
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| 54 | | - | destroy, alter, tamper with, damage, or affirmatively act to 29 |
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| 55 | | - | circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device 30 |
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| 56 | | - | required to be worn or used pursuant to a co urt order or 31 |
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| 57 | | - | pursuant to an order by the Florida Commission on Offender 32 |
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| 58 | | - | Review. 33 |
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| 59 | | - | (3) Except as provided in subsection (4), a person who 34 |
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| 60 | | - | violates this section commits a : 35 |
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| 61 | | - | (a) Felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 36 |
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| 62 | | - | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, o r s. 775.084, if the person who must 37 |
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| 63 | | - | wear or use the electronic monitoring device is charged with or 38 |
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| 64 | | - | serving a sentence for a misdemeanor or a third degree felony . 39 |
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| 65 | | - | (b) Felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in 40 |
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| 66 | | - | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 7 75.084, if the person who must 41 |
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| 67 | | - | wear or use the electronic monitoring device is charged with or 42 |
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| 68 | | - | serving a sentence for a second degree felony. 43 |
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| 69 | | - | (c) Felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in 44 |
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| 70 | | - | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the person w ho must 45 |
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| 71 | | - | wear or use the electronic monitoring device is charged with or 46 |
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| 72 | | - | serving a sentence for a first degree felony, a first degree 47 |
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| 73 | | - | felony punishable by a term of years not exceeding life, a life 48 |
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| 74 | | - | felony, or a capital felony. 49 |
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| 75 | | - | (4) A person under 18 years of age who violates this 50 |
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| 51 | + | destroy, alter, tamper with, damage, or circumvent the operation 26 |
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| 52 | + | of an electronic monitor ing device required to be worn or used 27 |
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| 53 | + | pursuant to a court order or pursuant to an order by the Florida 28 |
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| 54 | + | Commission on Offender Review. 29 |
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| 55 | + | (3) A person who violates this section commits a : 30 |
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| 56 | + | (a) Felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 31 |
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| 57 | + | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084 , if the person is charged 32 |
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| 58 | + | with or serving a sentence for a misdemeanor or a third degree 33 |
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| 59 | + | felony. 34 |
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| 60 | + | (b) Felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in 35 |
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| 61 | + | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the person is charged 36 |
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| 62 | + | with or serving a sentence for a second degree felony. 37 |
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| 63 | + | (c) Felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in 38 |
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| 64 | + | s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the person is charged 39 |
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| 65 | + | with or serving a sentence for a first degree felony. 40 |
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| 66 | + | (d) Felony of the first d egree, punishable by a term of 41 |
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| 67 | + | years not exceeding life or as provided in s. 775.082, s. 42 |
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| 68 | + | 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the person is charged with or serving 43 |
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| 69 | + | a sentence for a first degree felony punishable by a term of 44 |
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| 70 | + | years not exceeding life. 45 |
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| 71 | + | (e) Life felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 46 |
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| 72 | + | 775.083, or s. 775.084, if the person is charged with or serving 47 |
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| 73 | + | a sentence for a life or capital felony. 48 |
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| 74 | + | (4) A person on pretrial release who commits a violation 49 |
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| 75 | + | of this section shall have his or her pretrial release 50 |
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| 88 | | - | section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as 51 |
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| 89 | | - | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 52 |
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| 90 | | - | (5) The court must revoke pretrial release for a person 53 |
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| 91 | | - | who commits a violation of this section while he or she is on 54 |
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| 92 | | - | pretrial release. Thereafter, the court may set a new bond with 55 |
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| 93 | | - | conditions of release upon making a written finding that 56 |
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| 94 | | - | sufficient conditions of release exist to reasonably protect the 57 |
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| 95 | | - | community from risk of physical harm, ensure the presence of the 58 |
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| 96 | | - | accused at trial or at other proceedings, and assure the 59 |
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| 97 | | - | integrity of the judicial process. 60 |
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| 98 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 61 |
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| 88 | + | terminated and shall no longer be eligible for pretrial release 51 |
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| 89 | + | for the offenses for which he or she was on release. 52 |
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| 90 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 53 |
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