Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1036
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/30/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Ingoglia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 29 - 62
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) As used in this section, the term “removal” includes
    6  any agreement in which a person stipulates to removal during a
    7  criminal proceeding under federal or state law.
    8         (2) A person who has been deported or removed from the
    9  United States under federal immigration proceedings for
   10  committing a felony, or has departed the United States while
   11  such an order of deportation or removal is outstanding, shall
   12  have the penalty for committing a new felony after unlawfully
   13  reentering the United States and while remaining unlawfully
   14  present reclassified in the following manner:
   15         (a) A felony of the third degree is reclassified to a
   16  felony of the second degree.
   17         (b) A felony of the second degree is reclassified to a
   18  felony of the first degree.
   19         (c) A felony of the first degree is reclassified to a life
   20  felony.
   21         Section 2. Section 908.12, Florida Statutes, is created to
   22  read:
   23         908.12 Transnational crime organizations;
   24  reclassification.—
   25         (1) As used in this section, the term “transnational crime
   26  organization” means an organization that routinely facilitates
   27  the international trafficking of drugs, humans, or weapons or
   28  the international smuggling of humans.
   29         (2)  The penalty for any misdemeanor or felony may be
   30  reclassified if the commission of such misdemeanor or felony was
   31  for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the
   32  interests of a transnational crime organization. The
   33  reclassification is as follows:
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete lines 15 - 20
   39  and insert:
   40         misdemeanor offenses if the commission of such offense
   41         was for specified purposes; providing