Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 656
       
       
        
       By Senator Pizzo
       
       
       
       
       
       38-00968-20                                            2020656__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to arrests; amending s. 901.15, F.S.;
    3         authorizing warrantless arrests when a law enforcement
    4         officer has probable cause to believe that a person
    5         has violated s. 790.22, F.S.; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (17) is added to section 901.15,
   11  Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful.—A
   13  law enforcement officer may arrest a person without a warrant
   14  when:
   15         (17) There is probable cause to believe that the person has
   16  committed a criminal act in violation of s. 790.22.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2020.