Florida HB 547: Dentistry

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to injunctions for protection; 2
amending s. 784.046, F.S.; defining the terms "serious 3
violence by a known person" and "serious bodily 4
injury"; creating a cause of action for an injunction 5
for protection in cases of serious violence by a known 6
person; specifying the persons who have standing to 7
file such injunction for protection in circuit court 8
if specified conditions are met; prohibiting the clerk 9
of the court from assessing a fee for the filing of 10
such injunction for protection; requiring the clerk of 11
the court to provide the petitioner with a certified 12
copy of such injunction for protection; providing 13
requirements for such petition for injunction for 14
protection; providing requirements for a temporary or 15
final judgment on such injunction for protection; 16
requiring the clerk of the court to electronically 17
transmit copies of specified documents within a 18
certain timeframe after a court issues such injunction 19
for protection; requiring law enforcement officers to 20
accept a certified copy of such injunction for 21
protection from the petitioner and immediately serve 22
it upon a respondent; providing requirements for 23
inclusion of such injunction for protection in a 24
specified statewide communication system; requiring 25

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that a respondent be held in custody if he or she is 26
arrested for committing an act of serious violence by 27
a known person in violation of an injunction for 28
protection until being brought before the court; 29
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 30
making technical changes; amending ss. 44.407, 61.13, 31
61.1825, 394.4597, 394.4598, 741.313, 784.047, 32
784.048, and 934.03, F.S.; conforming provisions to 33
changes made by the act; reenacting ss. 28.2221 34
(8)(a), (c), and (d), 28.35(2)(i), 57.105(8), 35
61.1827(1), 741.311(2), 741.315(2), 790.401(2)(e) and 36
(3)(c), 901.15(6), 901.41(5), 921.141(6)(p), 37
921.1425(7)(j), 921.1427(7)(i), and 934.425(3), F.S.; 38
relating to electronic access to official records, 39
Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation, the 40
awarding of attorney fees, identifying information 41
concerning applicants for and recipients of child 42
support services, Hope Card Program for persons issued 43
orders of protection, recognition of foreign 44
protection orders, risk protection orders, when arrest 45
by a law enforcement officer without a warrant is 46
lawful, prearrest diversion programs, aggravating 47
factors relating to a sentence of death or life 48
imprisonment for capital felonies, aggravating factors 49
relating to a sentence of death or life imprisonment 50

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for capital sexual battery, aggravating factors 51
relating to a sentence of death or life imprisonment 52
for capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons 53
for sexual exploitation, and installation or use of 54
tracking devices or applications, respectively, to 55
incorporate the amendment made to s. 784.046, F.S., in 56
references thereto; providing an effective date. 57
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 59
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Section 1. Section 784.046, Florida Statutes, is amended 61
to read: 62
784.046 Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual 63
violence, or dating violence, or serious violence by a known 64
person for protective injunction; dating violence 65
investigations, notice to victims, and reporting; pretrial 66
release violations; public records exemption.— 67
(1) As used in this section, the term: 68
(e)(a) "Violence" means any assault, aggravated assault, 69
battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, 70
stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, or false 71
imprisonment, or any criminal offense resulting in physical 72
injury or death, by a person against any other person. 73
(b) "Repeat violence" means two incidents of violence or 74
stalking committed by the respondent, one of which must have 75

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been within 6 months of the filing of the petition, which are 76
directed against the petitioner or the petitioner's immediate 77
family member. 78
(d)(c) "Sexual violence" means any one incident of: 79
1. Sexual battery, as defined in chapter 794; 80
2. A lewd or lascivious act, as defined in chapter 800, 81
committed upon or in the presence of a person younger than 16 82
years of age; 83
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