Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 562
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/05/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Ethics and Elections (Rouson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 104.0614, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         104.0614 Harassment of election workers.—
    8         (1) For purposes of this section, the term “election
    9  worker” means a member of a county canvassing board or an
   10  individual who is an election official or poll worker in
   11  connection with an election conducted in this state.
   12         (2) A person may not intimidate, threaten, coerce, or
   13  harass an election worker with the intent to impede or interfere
   14  with the performance of the election worker’s official duties or
   15  with the intent to retaliate against the election worker for
   16  performing his or her official duties.
   17         (3) A person who violates this section commits a
   18  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
   19  775.082 or s. 775.083.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   25  and insert:
   26                        A bill to be entitled                      
   27         An act relating to harassment of election workers;
   28         creating s. 104.0614, F.S.; defining the term
   29         “election worker”; prohibiting a person from
   30         intimidating, threatening, coercing, or harassing an
   31         election worker with specified intent; providing
   32         criminal penalties; providing an effective date.