Bill Text: FL H0257 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Video Voyeurism

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 436 (Ch. [H0257 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0257-Introduced.html

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HB 257

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to video voyeurism; amending s.
3	810.145, F.S.; increasing the penalty to a felony of
4	the third degree for conducting video voyeurism in a
5	residential dwelling; providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1.  Present subsection (9) of section 810.145,
10	Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (10), a new
11	subsection (9) is added, and subsection (6) of that section is
12	amended, to read:
13	810.145  Video voyeurism.-
14	(6)  Except as provided in subsections (7), (8), and
15	(9)(8), a person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor
16	of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
17	775.083.
18	(9)  A person who commits the offense of video voyeurism
19	within a residential dwelling commits a felony of the third
20	degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
21	775.084.
22	(10)(9)  For purposes of this section, a person has
23	previously been convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for a
24	violation of this section if the violation resulted in a
25	conviction that was sentenced separately, or an adjudication of
26	delinquency entered separately, prior to the current offense.
27	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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