| 17 | | - | F.S.; defining the terms "dangerous fentanyl or 4 |
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| 18 | | - | fentanyl analogs" and "distribute"; creating an 5 |
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| 19 | | - | offense of murder in the third degree ; providing 6 |
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| 20 | | - | penalties; providing an effective date. 7 |
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| 21 | | - | 8 |
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| 22 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 23 | | - | 10 |
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| 24 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 782.04, Florida 11 |
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| 25 | | - | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection 12 |
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| 26 | | - | (5) is added to that section to read : 13 |
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| 27 | | - | 782.04 Murder.— 14 |
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| 28 | | - | (5)(a) As used in this subsection, the term: 15 |
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| 29 | | - | 1. "Dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogs" means any 16 |
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| 30 | | - | controlled substance described in s. 893.135(1)(c)4.a.(I) –(VII). 17 |
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| 31 | | - | 2. "Distribute" has the same meaning as in s. 893.02. 18 |
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| 32 | | - | (b) The unlawful killing of a human being, when 19 |
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| 33 | | - | perpetrated without any design to effect death, which resulted 20 |
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| 34 | | - | from the unlawful distribution by a person less than 18 years of 21 |
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| 35 | | - | age of any substance or mixture that he or she knew or 22 |
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| 36 | | - | reasonably should have known contai ned dangerous fentanyl or 23 |
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| 37 | | - | fentanyl analogs when such substance or mixture is proven to 24 |
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| 38 | | - | have caused, or is proven to have been a substantial factor in 25 |
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| 17 | + | F.S.; revising the elements that constitute the felony 4 |
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| 18 | + | offense of murder in the third degree; providing an 5 |
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| 19 | + | effective date. 6 |
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| 20 | + | 7 |
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| 21 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 |
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| 22 | + | 9 |
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| 23 | + | Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 782.04, Florida 10 |
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| 24 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 11 |
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| 25 | + | 782.04 Murder.— 12 |
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| 26 | + | (4) The unlawful killing of a human being, when 13 |
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| 27 | + | perpetrated without any design to effect death, by a person 14 |
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| 28 | + | engaged in the perpetration of, or in the attempt to perpetrate, 15 |
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| 29 | + | any felony other than any: 16 |
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| 30 | + | (a) Trafficking offense prohibited by s. 893.135(1), 17 |
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| 31 | + | (b) Arson, 18 |
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| 32 | + | (c) Sexual battery, 19 |
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| 33 | + | (d) Robbery, 20 |
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| 34 | + | (e) Burglary, 21 |
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| 35 | + | (f) Kidnapping, 22 |
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| 36 | + | (g) Escape, 23 |
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| 37 | + | (h) Aggravated child abuse, 24 |
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| 38 | + | (i) Aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled 25 |
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| 51 | | - | producing, the death of the user, is murder in the third degree 26 |
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| 52 | | - | and constitutes a felony of the second deg ree, punishable as 27 |
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| 53 | | - | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 28 |
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| 54 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 29 |
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| 51 | + | adult, 26 |
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| 52 | + | (j) Aircraft piracy, 27 |
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| 53 | + | (k) Unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a 28 |
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| 54 | + | destructive device or bomb, 29 |
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| 55 | + | (l) Unlawful distribution of any substance listed in sub -30 |
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| 56 | + | subparagraphs (1)(a)3.a. -j. by a person 18 years of age or 31 |
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| 57 | + | older, when such substance is pro ven to have caused, or is 32 |
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| 58 | + | proven to have been a substantial factor in producing, the death 33 |
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| 59 | + | of the user, 34 |
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| 60 | + | (m) Carjacking, 35 |
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| 61 | + | (n) Home-invasion robbery, 36 |
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| 62 | + | (o) Aggravated stalking, 37 |
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| 63 | + | (p) Murder of another human being, 38 |
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| 64 | + | (q) Aggravated fleeing or eluding with serious bodily 39 |
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| 65 | + | injury or death, 40 |
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| 66 | + | (r) Resisting an officer with violence to his or her 41 |
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| 67 | + | person, or 42 |
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| 68 | + | (s) Felony that is an act of terrorism or is in 43 |
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| 69 | + | furtherance of an act of terrorism, including a felony under s. 44 |
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| 70 | + | 775.30, s. 775.32, s. 775.33, s. 775.34, or s. 775.35, 45 |
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| 71 | + | 46 |
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| 72 | + | is murder in the third degree and constitutes a felony of the 47 |
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| 73 | + | second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, 48 |
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| 74 | + | or s. 775.084. 49 |
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| 75 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 50 |
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