HB 0043
Relating to Criminal Activity
Snyder
Criminal Activity: Requires certain felons whose offenses related to criminal gangs to register; penalizes certain persons possessing firearms; revises provisions relating to enjoining of public nuisances to include certain nuisances related to criminal gangs & criminal gang activities; redefines "criminal street gangs" as "criminal gangs"; prohibits possession of bulletproof vests by certain persons; provides that ch. 874, F.S., does not preclude arrest & prosecution under other specified provisions; revises provision relating to soliciting or causing another to join criminal gang; provides additional powers for FDLE & local law enforcement agencies relating to crime data information; prohibits certain actions relating to criminal gang-related activity; prohibits use of electronic communications to further specified purposes; prohibits possession of certain identification documents for specified purposes; provides for grant program; provides objectives; provides for suspension of driver's licenses for specified offenses; prohibits certain probationers, community controllees, parolees, & conditional releasees from communicating with criminal gang members; provides exceptions; conforms cross-references & terminology.

HB 0061
Relating to Offenses Against Officers
Scionti
Offenses Against Officers: Provides that resisting with violence law enforcement officer who is engaged in execution of legal duty is not justified regardless of specified later finding by court; provides that person is not justified in using force if law enforcement officer acts in good faith & is known or appears to be law enforcement officer; provides for reclassification of certain offenses against certain officers who are engaged in performance of duties; provides criminal penalties for resisting with or without violence officer who is executing legal duty.

SB 0076
Relating to Criminal Activity/Criminal Gangs
Atwater
Criminal Activity/Criminal Gangs [LPCC]; Prohibits the possession of bulletproof vests by felons and delinquents. Redefines "criminal street gangs" as "criminal gangs" and includes street gangs, terrorist organizations, and hate groups. Revises provisions relating to the enjoining of public nuisances to include certain places frequented by members of criminal gangs. Revises provisions regarding soliciting or causing another to join a criminal gang, etc.

SB 0106
Relating to FRS/Special Risk Class Credit Purchase
Fasano
FRS/Special Risk Class Credit Purchase [RPCC]; Authorizes law enforcement or correctional officers who have earned creditable service in the Regular Class of the FRS between July 1, 1978, and June 30, 1984, while attending a certified training academy or other certified training facility approved by the employer for certification, to purchase such service in order to upgrade prior service to Special Risk Class, etc.

HB 0155
Relating to Police Technology Fee
Gibson, III (H)
Police Technology Fee: Requires specified fee to be imposed in addition to other costs or fees for conviction of specified offenses involving controlled substance possession or driving or boating under the influence; provides for deposit of funds.

HB 0223
Relating to Missing Persons
Jenne
Missing Persons: Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies & procedures for investigating missing person reports & to submit information to specified databases; provides immunity from civil liability for certain persons involving such reports; requires law enforcement agency to obtain DNA sample after person has been missing more than 90 days & requires FDLE to adopt rules establishing procedures for such DNA sampling & analysis, contingent on appropriation of federal funds; renames Missing Children Information Clearinghouse as "Missing Persons and Children Information Clearinghouse"; requires clearinghouse to collect & process information regarding missing children, missing persons younger than 26 years of age, & missing persons suspected of being in danger or crime victims.

HB 0321
Relating to Murder of Law Enforcement Officers
Snyder
Murder of Law Enforcement Officers: Provides minimum mandatory sentence for certain offenses.

HB 0379
Relating to Florida Retirement System
Flores
Florida Retirement System: Authorizes certain employees to purchase additional retirement credit in order to upgrade prior service to Special Risk Class service; provides for calculation of contributions for such service upgrade; authorizes employer to purchase additional credit for employee; provides statement of important state interest.

HB 0425
Relating to Weapons and Firearms
Jenne
Weapons and Firearms: Increases minimum terms of imprisonment for possessing, discharging, or seriously harming another with semiautomatic firearm & its high-capacity detachable box magazine or with machine gun; prohibits potential buyer or transferee of firearm from willfully & knowingly using identity of victim of identity theft; authorizes additional fine against person using identity of victim of identity theft; prohibits specified actions involving semiautomatic firearm & its high-capacity detachable box magazine or machine gun or concealed semiautomatic firearm while attempting to commit felony.
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SB 0452
Relating to FRS/Credit for Prior Military Wartime Service
Aronberg
FRS/Credit for Prior Military Wartime Service [LPCC]; Authorizes additional persons to purchase credit in the Florida Retirement System (FRS) for prior military wartime service. Revises the payroll contribution rates for the membership classes of the FRS, etc.
SENATE Referred to Military Affairs and Domestic Security; Community Affairs; Governmental Operations; General Government Appropriations

SB 0472
Relating to DNA Testing
Dean
DNA Testing [LPCC]; Revises the offenses for which a conviction requires the person convicted to provide biological specimens if the court found at sentencing that the offense was committed for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal street gang, etc

SB 0502
Relating to Missing Persons/Investigation
Constantine
Missing Persons/Investigation [SPCC]; Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies and procedures to be used when investigating missing persons reports. Requires the law enforcement agencies receiving credible reports, within 2 hours of receiving the information, to transmit the reports for entry into the Florida Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center databases. Provides immunity from civil liability for certain persons, etc

SB 0552
Relating to Assault/Battery of Law Enforcment Officer & Others
Aronberg
Assault/Battery of Law Enforcment Officer & Others [LPCC]; Expands the definitions of "prison releasee reoffender," "habitual violent felony offender," and "three-time violent felony offender" to include defendants who commit any felony violation relating to an assault or battery of law enforcement officers or other specified persons including, but not limited to, firefighters, emergency medical care providers, and traffic investigation officers for the purpose of sentencing, etc.

HB 0605
Relating to Exploited Children
Rivera
Exploited Children: Provides specified protections to victims in any civil or criminal proceeding involving child pornography where victim is party to case or witness; permits use of pseudonym for victim of crime involving child pornography; extends provisions to use of victim pseudonyms to civil & criminal proceedings; requires law enforcement officers submitting child pornography case to provide specified information; requires prosecutors to pursue prosecutions regarding images of child pornography when known victim is this state; requires prosecutors to enter specified information in database; transfers provisions relating to lewd & lascivious exhibition on computer; provides civil remedy for victim of certain sexual abuse crimes when portion of abuse was used in production of child pornography; specifies damages to persons who are further exploited following recovery of damages; provides for limitation of actions; provides for confidential pseudonyms to specified claimants; precludes defense to certain civil actions; permits Attorney General to pursue cases on behalf of victims; includes certain child pornography victims in crime victim compensation provisions; conforms provisions.
 

SB 0654
Relating to Offenses Against Officers/Execution of Legal Duty
Crist
Offenses Against Officers/Execution of Legal Duty [LPCC]; Provides that a person is not justified in resisting with force a law enforcement officer who is engaged in the execution of a legal duty, regardless of a later finding by a court that the action of the officer was unlawful, if the officer acts in good faith and is known or appears to be a law enforcement officer. Reclassifies certain offenses against specified officers who are engaged in the performance of duties, etc.

SB 0706
Relating to Special Risk Class Retirement Benefits
Baker
Special Risk Class Retirement Benefits [LPCC]; Extends the time period during which certain Special Risk Class members may participate in DROP. Provides that law enforcement officers, correctional officers, or community-based correctional probation officers, having a rank or the equivalent rank of captain or below, and who are currently participating in DROP for up to 60 months, may elect to participate for an additional 36 calendar months, etc.

SB 0782
Relating to Weapons and Firearms
Margolis
Weapons and Firearms; Increases the minimum terms of imprisonment imposed for possessing, discharging, or seriously harming another with a semiautomatic firearm and its high-capacity detachable box magazine or with a machine gun. Provides that potential buyers or transferees of a firearm who willfully and knowingly provide false information or fraudulent identification by using the identity of a victim of identity theft commits a second degree felony, etc.

SB 0798
Relating to Retirement/Special Risk Class
Dean
Retirement/Special Risk Class [RPCC]; Cites this act as the "Adam Pierce Act." Revises the definition of "special risk member" effective August 1, 2007, to include firefighters, law enforcement officers, and correctional officers who are already qualified for and are actively participating in special risk membership, have suffered a qualifying injury, and are not receiving disability retirement benefits, etc.

SB 0814
Relating to DNA Testing of Arrested Persons
Lynn
DNA Testing of Arrested Persons; Requires that persons who are arrested for any offense or attempted offense including, but not limited to, sexual battery, lewdness, indecent exposure, murder, aggravated battery, or burglary to undergo blood or other biological specimen testing for DNA analysis. Requires that the arresting agency secure and transmit the blood or other biological specimens to the Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.

SB 1064
Relating to Murder of Law Enforcement Officers
Dockery
Murder of Law Enforcement Officers [LPCC]; Provides a minimum mandatory sentence, if the death sentence is not imposed, of life imprisonment without eligibility for release for the murder or attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, part-time law enforcement officer, or auxiliary law enforcement officer who is engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.

SB 1188
Relating to Dating Violence
Dean
Dating Violence; Cites this act as the "Barwick-Ruschak Act." Revises provisions relating to dating violence incidents to provide requirements for investigations, notice to victims, and reporting similar to those for incidents of domestic violence and to apply certain immunity provisions thereto. Provides that a willful violation of the conditions of pretrial release when the original arrest was for an act of dating violence is a first degree misdemeanor, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/01/2008.

SB 1442
Relating to Exploited Children
Dockery
Exploited Children; Provides specified protections to victims in any civil or criminal proceeding involving the production, possession, or promotion of child pornography where the victim depicted in the image or images is a party to the case or a witness in the case. Permits use of a pseudonym to designate the victim of any crime involving a victim of production, possession, or promotion of child pornography, etc.