Bill Text: FL S1018 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Exposure of Sexual Organs
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 675 [S1018 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1018-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Exposure of Sexual Organs
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 675 [S1018 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1018-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 1018 By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Stewart 591-03076-20 20201018c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to exposure of sexual organs; amending 3 s. 800.03; increasing criminal penalties for exposure 4 of sexual organs for a second or subsequent offense; 5 providing exceptions; amending s. 901.15, F.S.; 6 authorizing warrantless arrests when a law enforcement 7 officer has probable cause to believe that a person 8 has violated s. 800.03, F.S.; providing an effective 9 date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Section 800.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to 14 read: 15 800.03 Exposure of sexual organs.— 16 (1) It is unlawful to expose or exhibit one’s sexual organs 17 in public or on the private premises of another, or so near 18 thereto as to be seen from such private premises, in a vulgar or 19 indecent manner, or to be naked in public except in any place20provided or set apart for that purpose. 21 (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a violation of 22 this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 23 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 24 (b) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a 25 felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 26 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 27 (3) The exposure of sexual organs by any of the following 28 does not violate subsection (1): 29 (a) A mother’sbreastfeedingofher baby; 30 (b) An individual who is merely naked at any place provided 31 or set apart for that purpose, including, but not limited to, a 32 clothing-optional beach; or 33 (c) An inmate incarcerated at a state correctional 34 institution or local detention facilitydoes not under any35circumstance violate this section. 36 Section 2. Subsection (9) of section 901.15, Florida 37 Statutes, is amended to read 38 901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.—A 39 law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant 40 when: 41 (9) There is probable cause to believe that the person has 42 committed: 43 (a) Any battery upon another person, as defined in s. 44 784.03. 45 (b) An act of criminal mischief or a graffiti-related 46 offense as described in s. 806.13. 47 (c) A violation of a safety zone, security zone, regulated 48 navigation area, or naval vessel protection zone as described in 49 s. 327.461. 50 (d) A racing violation as described in s. 316.191(2). 51 (e) An exposure of sexual organs in violation of s. 800.03. 52 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.