Florida SB 1116: Campaign Finance

Bill Text

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Crimes Evidencing Prejudice 
2026-01-05T11:14:22Z 
Requiring the reclassification of the penalty for a crime if the commission of the crime evidences prejudice based on the victim being a disabled adult; defining the term “disabled adult”, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1116 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00231A-26 20261116__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to crimes evidencing prejudice; 
 3 amending s. 775.085, F.S.; requiring the 
 4 reclassification of the penalty for a crime if the 
 5 commission of the crime evidences prejudice based on 
 6 the victim being a disabled adult; defining the term 
 7 “disabled adult”; providing an effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 11 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 775.085, Florida 
 12 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 13 775.085 Evidencing prejudice while committing offense; 
 14 reclassification.— 
 15 (1)(a) The penalty for any felony or misdemeanor shall be 
 16 reclassified as provided in this subsection if the commission of 
 17 such felony or misdemeanor evidences prejudice based on the 
 18 race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, 
 19 national origin, homeless status, or advanced age of the victim 
 20 or prejudice based on the victim being a disabled adult: 
 21 1. A misdemeanor of the second degree is reclassified to a 
 22 misdemeanor of the first degree. 
 23 2. A misdemeanor of the first degree is reclassified to a 
 24 felony of the third degree. 
 25 3. A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a felony 
 26 of the second degree. 
 27 4. A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a 
 28 felony of the first degree. 
 29 5. A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a life 
 30 felony. 
 31 (b) As used in paragraph (a), the term: 
 32 1. “Advanced age” means that the victim is older than 65 
 33 years of age. 
 34 2. “Disabled adult” means an individual 18 years of age or 
 35 older who suffers from a condition of physical or mental 
 36 incapacitation due to a developmental disability, organic brain 
 37 damage, or mental illness, or who has one or more physical or 
 38 mental limitations that restrict the person’s ability to perform 
 39 the normal activities of daily living. 
 40 3. “Homeless status” means that the victim: 
 41 a. Lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime 
 42 residence; or 
 43 b. Has a primary nighttime residence that is: 
 44 (I) A supervised publicly or privately operated shelter 
 45 designed to provide temporary living accommodations; or 
 46 (II) A public or private place not designed for, or 
 47 ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human 
 48 beings. 
 49 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.