HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-22                                      Bill No. CS/HB 149

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Bloom offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 17 and 18, of the bill

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17         Section 5.  Section 790.146, Florida Statutes, is

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19         790.146  Crimes in health care facilities; possession

20  of weapons; penalties.--

21         (1)  Unless otherwise provided by law, any person who

22  is willfully in possession of a concealed "firearm," as

23  defined in s. 790.001(6), or a "destructive device," as

24  defined in s. 790.001(4), within the premises of a "health

25  care provider," as defined in s. 408.701(13), is guilty of a

26  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.

27  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

28         (2)  The provisions of this section do not apply:

29         (a)  To any law enforcement officer;

30         (b)  To any person employed and authorized by the

31  owner, operator, or manager of a health care provider to carry

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 2         (c)  To any person licensed to carry a concealed

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 7  And the title is amended as follows:

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10  after the semicolon insert:

11         creating s. 790.146, F.S.; providing penalties

12         for the possession of a firearm or destructive

13         device within the premises of a health care

14         provider; providing exceptions;

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