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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to animal cruelty offenses; creating 2
s. 827.12, F.S.; prohibiting engaging in specified 3
acts of animal cruelty in the presence of a child or 4
causing or enticing a child to engage in such acts; 5
providing criminal penalties; amending s. 921.0022, 6
F.S.; increasing the offense severity ranking of the 7
offense of fighting or ba iting animals; ranking the 8
offense of subjecting a child to animal cruelty on the 9
offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal 10
Punishment Code; providing an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Section 827.12, Florida Statutes, is created to 15
read: 16
827.12 Subjecting a child to animal cruelty. —Any adult 17
who: 18
(1) Commits any act prohibited by s. 828.12(2), s. 19
828.122, or s. 828.126 in the presence of a child; or 20
(2) Causes or entices a child to commit any act prohibited 21
by s. 828.12(2), s. 828.122, or s. 828.126, 22
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commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 24
s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 25
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Section 2. Paragraphs (a), (e), and (f) of subsection (3) 26
of section 921.0022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 27
921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity 28
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(3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART 30
(a) LEVEL 1 31
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Florida
Statute
Felony
Degree Description
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24.118(3)(a) 3rd Counterfeit or altered state
lottery ticket.
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104.0616(2) 3rd Unlawfully distributing,
ordering, requesting,
collecting, delivering, or
possessing vote-by-mail
ballots.
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212.054(2)(b) 3rd Discretionary sales surtax;
limitations, administration,
and collection.
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212.15(2)(b) 3rd Failure to remit sales taxes,
amount $1,000 or more but less
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than $20,000.
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316.1935(1) 3rd Fleeing or attempting to elude
law enforcement officer.
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319.30(5) 3rd Sell, exchange, give away
certificate of title or
identification number plate.
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319.35(1)(a) 3rd Tamper, adjust, change, etc.,
an odometer.
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320.26(1)(a) 3rd Counterfeit, manufacture, or
sell registration license
plates or validation stickers.
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322.212
(1)(a)-(c)
3rd Possession of forged, stolen,
counterfeit, or unlawfully
issued driver license;
possession of simulated
identification.
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322.212(4) 3rd Supply or aid in supplying
unauthorized driver license or
identification card.
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322.212(5)(a) 3rd False application for driver
license or identification card.
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414.39(3)(a) 3rd Fraudulent misappropriation of
public assistance funds by
employee/official, value more
than $200.
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443.071(1) 3rd False statement or
representation to obtain or
increase reemployment
assistance benefits.
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509.151(1) 3rd Defraud an innkeeper, food or
lodging value $1,000 or more.
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517.302(1) 3rd Violation of the Florida
Securities and Investor
Protection Act.
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713.69 3rd Tenant removes property upon
which lien has accrued, value
$1,000 or more.
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812.014(3)(c) 3rd Petit theft (3rd conviction);
theft of any property not
specified in subsection (2).
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815.04(4)(a) 3rd Offense against intellectual
property (i.e., computer
programs, data).
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817.52(2) 3rd Hiring with intent to defraud,
motor vehicle services.
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817.569(2) 3rd Use of public record or public
records information or
providing false information to
facilitate commission of a
felony.
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826.01 3rd Bigamy.
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828.122(3) 3rd Fighting or baiting animals.
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831.04(1) 3rd Any erasure, alteration, etc.,
of any replacement deed, map,
plat, or other document listed
in s. 92.28.
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831.31(1)(a) 3rd Sell, deliver, or possess
counterfeit controlled
substances, all but s.
893.03(5) drugs.
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832.041(1) 3rd Stopping payment with intent to
defraud $150 or more.
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832.05(2)(b) &
(4)(c)
3rd Knowing, making, issuing
worthless checks $150 or more
or obtaining property in return
for worthless check $150 or
more.
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838.15(2) 3rd Commercial bribe receiving.
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838.16 3rd Commercial bribery.
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843.18 3rd Fleeing by boat to elude a law
enforcement officer.
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847.011(1)(a) 3rd Sell, distribute, etc.,
obscene, lewd, etc., material
(2nd conviction).
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849.09(1)(a)-(d) 3rd Lottery; set up, promote, etc.,
or assist therein, conduct or
advertise drawing for prizes,
or dispose of property or money
by means of lottery.
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849.23 3rd Gambling-related machines;
"common offender" as to
property rights.
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849.25(2) 3rd Engaging in bookmaking.
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860.08 3rd Interfere with a railroad
signal.
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860.13(1)(a) 3rd Operate aircraft while under
the influence.
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893.13(2)(a)2. 3rd Purchase of cannabis.
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893.13(6)(a) 3rd Possession of cannabis (more
than 20 grams).
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934.03(1)(a) 3rd Intercepts, or procures any
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other person to intercept, any
wire or oral communication.
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(e) LEVEL 5 72
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Statute
Felony
Degree Description
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316.027(2)(a) 3rd Accidents involving personal
injuries other than serious
bodily injury, failure to stop;
leaving scene.
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316.1935(4)(a) 2nd Aggravated fleeing or eluding.
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316.80(2) 2nd Unlawful conveyance of fuel;
obtaining fuel fraudulently.
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322.34(6) 3rd Careless operation of motor
vehicle with suspended license,
resulting in death or serious
bodily injury.
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327.30(5) 3rd Vessel accidents involving
personal injury; leaving scene.
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379.365(2)(c)1. 3rd Violation of rules relating to:
willful molestation of stone
crab traps, lines, or buoys;
illegal bartering, trading, or
sale, conspiring or aiding in
such barter, trade, or sale, or
supplying, agreeing to supply,
aiding in supplying, or giving
away stone crab trap tags or
certificates; making, altering,
forging, counterfeiting, or
reproducing stone cr ab trap
tags; possession of forged,
counterfeit, or imitation stone
crab trap tags; and engaging in
the commercial harvest of stone
crabs while license is
suspended or revoked.
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379.367(4) 3rd Willful molestation of a
commercial harvester's spiny
lobster trap, line, or buoy.
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379.407(5)(b)3. 3rd Possession of 100 or more
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undersized spiny lobsters.
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381.0041(11)(b) 3rd Donate blood, plasma, or organs
knowing HIV positive.
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440.10(1)(g) 2nd Failure to obtain workers'
compensation coverage.
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440.105(5) 2nd Unlawful solicitation for the
purpose of making workers'
compensation claims.
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440.381(2) 3rd Submission of false,
misleading, or incomplete
information with the purpose of
avoiding or reducing workers'
compensation premiums.
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624.401(4)(b)2. 2nd Transacting insurance without a
certificate or authority;
premium collected $20,000 or
more but less than $100,000.
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626.902(1)(c) 2nd Representing an unauthorized
insurer; repeat offender.
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790.01(3) 3rd Unlawful carrying of a
concealed firearm.
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790.162 2nd Threat to throw or discharge
destructive device.
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790.163(1) 2nd False report of bomb,
explosive, weapon of mass
destruction, or use of firearms
in violent manner.
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790.221(1) 2nd Possession of short-barreled
shotgun or machine gun.
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790.23 2nd Felons in possession of
firearms, ammunition, or
electronic weapons or devices.
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796.05(1) 2nd Live on earnings of a
prostitute; 1st offense.
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800.04(6)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious conduct;
offender less than 18 years of
age.
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800.04(7)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition;
offender 18 years of age or
older.
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806.111(1) 3rd Possess, manufacture, or
dispense fire bomb with intent
to damage any structure or
property.
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810.145(4)(c) 3rd Commercial digital voyeurism
dissemination.
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810.145(7)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; 2nd or
subsequent offense.
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810.145(8)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; certain
minor victims.
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812.014(2)(d)3. 2nd Grand theft, 2nd degree; theft
from 20 or more dwellings or
their unenclosed curtilage, or
any combination.
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812.0145(2)(b) 2nd Theft from person 65 years of
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age or older; $10,000 or more
but less than $50,000.
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812.015
(8)(a) & (c)-
(e)
3rd Retail theft; property stolen
is valued at $750 or more and
one or more specified acts.
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812.015(8)(f) 3rd Retail theft; multiple thefts
within specified period.
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812.015(8)(g) 3rd Retail theft; committed with
specified number of other
persons.
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812.019(1) 2nd Stolen property; dealing in or
trafficking in.
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812.081(3) 2nd Trafficking in trade secrets.
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812.131(2)(b) 3rd Robbery by sudden snatching.
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812.16(2) 3rd Owning, operating, or
conducting a chop shop.
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817.034(4)(a)2. 2nd Communications fraud, value
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$20,000 to $50,000.
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817.234(11)(b) 2nd Insurance fraud; property value
$20,000 or more but less than
$100,000.
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817.2341(1),
(2)(a) &
(3)(a)
3rd Filing false financial
statements, making false
entries of material fact or
false statements regarding
property values relating to the
solvency of an insuring entity.
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817.568(2)(b) 2nd Fraudulent use of personal
identification information;
value of benefit, services
received, payment avoided, or
amount of injury or fraud,
$5,000 or more or use of
personal identification
information of 10 or more
persons.
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817.611(2)(a) 2nd Traffic in or possess 5 to 14
counterfeit credit cards or
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related documents.
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817.625(2)(b) 2nd Second or subsequent fraudulent
use of scanning device,
skimming device, or reencoder.
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825.1025(4) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
in the presence of an elderly
person or disabled adult.
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828.12(2) 3rd Tortures any animal with intent
to inflict intense pain,
serious physical injury, or
death.
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828.122(3) 3rd Fighting or baiting animals.
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836.14(4) 2nd Person who willfully promotes
for financial gain a sexually
explicit image of an
identifiable person without
consent.
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839.13(2)(b) 2nd Falsifying records of an
individual in the care and
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custody of a state agency
involving great bodily harm or
death.
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843.01(1) 3rd Resist officer with violence to
person; resist arrest with
violence.
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847.0135(5)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
using computer; offender 18
years or older.
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847.0137
(2) & (3)
3rd Transmission of pornography by
electronic device or equipment.
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847.0138
(2) & (3)
3rd Transmission of material
harmful to minors to a minor by
electronic device or equipment.
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874.05(1)(b) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
another to join a criminal
gang; second or subsequent
offense.
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874.05(2)(a) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
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person under 13 years of age to
join a criminal gang.
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893.13(1)(a)1. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs).
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893.13(1)(c)2. 2nd 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)
within 1,000 feet of a child
care facility, school, or
state, county, or municipal
park or publicly owned
recreational facility or
community center.
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893.13(1)(d)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deli ver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
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(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs) within 1,000 feet of
university.
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893.13(1)(e)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cannabis or other drug
prohibited under 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) within
1,000 feet of property used for
religious services or a
specified business site.
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893.13(1)(f)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d) ,
or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs) within 1,000 feet of
public housing facility.
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893.13(4)(b) 2nd Use or hire of minor; deliver
to minor other controlled
substance.
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893.1351(1) 3rd Ownership, lease, or rental for
trafficking in or manufacturing
of controlled substance.
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316.027(2)(b) 2nd Leaving the scene of a crash
involving serious bodily
injury.
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316.193(2)(b) 3rd Felony DUI, 4th or subsequent
conviction.
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400.9935(4)(c) 2nd Operating a clinic, or offering
services requiring licensure,
without a license.
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499.0051(2) 2nd Knowing forgery of transaction
history, transaction
information, or transaction
statement.
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499.0051(3) 2nd Knowing purchase or receipt of
prescription drug from
unauthorized person.
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499.0051(4) 2nd Knowing sale or transfer of
prescription drug to
unauthorized person.
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775.0875(1) 3rd Taking firearm from law
enforcement officer.
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784.021(1)(a) 3rd Aggravated assault; deadly
weapon without intent to kill.
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784.021(1)(b) 3rd Aggravated assault; intent to
commit felony.
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784.041 3rd Felony battery; domestic
battery by strangulation.
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784.048(3) 3rd Aggravated stalking; credible
threat.
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784.048(5) 3rd Aggravated stalking of person
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under 16.
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784.07(2)(c) 2nd Aggravated assault on law
enforcement officer.
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784.074(1)(b) 2nd Aggravated assault on sexually
violent predators facility
staff.
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784.08(2)(b) 2nd Aggravated assault on a person
65 years of age or older.
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784.081(2) 2nd Aggravated assault on specified
official or employee.
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784.082(2) 2nd Aggravated assault by detained
person on visitor or other
detainee.
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784.083(2) 2nd Aggravated assault on code
inspector.
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787.02(2) 3rd False imprisonment; restraining
with purpose other than those
in s. 787.01.
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790.115(2)(d) 2nd Discharging firearm or weapon
on school property.
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790.161(2) 2nd Make, possess, or throw
destructive device with intent
to do bodily harm or damage
property.
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790.164(1) 2nd False report concerning bomb,
explosive, weapon of mass
destruction, act of arson or
violence to state property, or
use of firearms in violent
manner.
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790.19 2nd Shooting or throwing deadly
missiles into dwellings,
vessels, or vehicles.
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794.011(8)(a) 3rd Solicitation of minor to
participate in sexual activity
by custodial adult.
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794.05(1) 2nd Unlawful sexual activity with
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specified minor.
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800.04(5)(d) 3rd Lewd or lascivious molestation;
victim 12 years of age or older
but less than 16 years of age;
offender less than 18 years.
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800.04(6)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious conduct;
offender 18 years of age or
older.
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806.031(2) 2nd Arson resulting in great bodily
harm to firefighter or any
other person.
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810.02(3)(c) 2nd Burglary of occupied structure;
unarmed; no assault or battery.
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810.145(8)(b) 2nd Digital voyeurism; certain
minor victims; 2nd or
subsequent offense.
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812.014(2)(b)1. 2nd Property stolen $20,000 or
more, but less than $100,000,
grand theft in 2nd degree.
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812.014(2)(c)5. 3rd Grand theft; third degree;
firearm.
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812.014(6) 2nd Theft; property stolen $3,000
or more; coordination of
others.
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812.015(9)(a) 2nd Retail theft; property stolen
$750 or more; second or
subsequent conviction.
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812.015(9)(b) 2nd Retail theft; aggregated
property stolen within 120 days
is $3,000 or more; coordination
of others.
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812.015(9)(d) 2nd Retail theft; multiple thefts
within specified period.
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812.015(9)(e) 2nd Retail theft; committed with
specified number of other
persons and use of social media
platform.
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812.13(2)(c) 2nd Robbery, no firearm o r other
weapon (strong-arm robbery).
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817.4821(5) 2nd Possess cloning paraphernalia
with intent to create cloned
cellular telephones.
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817.49(2)(b)2. 2nd Willful making of a false
report of a crime resulting in
death.
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817.505(4)(b) 2nd Patient brokering; 10 or more
patients.
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817.5695(3)(b) 2nd Exploitation of person 65 years
of age or older, value $10,000
or more, but less than $50,000.
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825.102(1) 3rd Abuse of an elderly person or
disabled adult.
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825.102(3)(c) 3rd Neglect of an elderly person or
disabled adult.
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825.1025(3) 3rd Lewd or lascivious molestation
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of an elderly person or
disabled adult.
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825.103(3)(c) 3rd Exploiting an elderly person or
disabled adult and property is
valued at less than $10,000.
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827.03(2)(c) 3rd Abuse of a child.
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827.03(2)(d) 3rd Neglect of a child.
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827.071(5) 3rd Possess, control, or
intentionally view any
photographic material, motion
picture, etc., which includes
child pornography.
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827.12 3rd Subjecting a child t o animal
cruelty.
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828.126(3) 3rd Sexual activities involving
animals.
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836.05 2nd Threats; extortion.
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836.10 2nd Written or electronic threats
to kill, do bodily injury, or
conduct a mass shooting or an
act of terrorism.
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843.12 3rd Aids or assists person to
escape.
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847.011 3rd Distributing, offering to
distribute, or possessing with
intent to distribute obscene
materials depicting minors.
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847.012 3rd Knowingly using a minor in the
production of materials harmful
to minors.
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847.0135(2) 3rd Facilitates sexual conduct of
or with a minor or the visual
depiction of such conduct.
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893.131 2nd Distribution of controlled
substances resulting in
overdose or serious bodily
injury.
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914.23 2nd Retaliation against a witness,
victim, or informant, with
bodily injury.
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918.13(2)(b) 2nd Tampering with or fabricating
physical evidence relating to a
capital felony.
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944.35(3)(a)2. 3rd Committing malicious battery
upon or inflicting cruel or
inhuman treatment on an inmate
or offender on community
supervision, resulting in great
bodily harm.
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944.40 2nd Escapes.
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944.46 3rd Harboring, concealing, aiding
escaped prisoners.
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944.47(1)(a)5. 2nd Introduction of contraband
(firearm, weapon, or explosive)
into correctional facility.
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951.22(1)(i) 3rd Firearm or weapon introduced
into county detention facility.
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