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FL S0608

FL S0608
Decreasing Penalties for Certain Criminal Acts


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Introduced
01/31/2017
In Committee
02/09/2017
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/05/2017

Introduced Session

2017 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Deleting a criminal penalty prohibiting a person on a public street or highway from carrying a white or white tipped with red cane or walking stick unless the person is totally or partially blind; decreasing the penalty for selling, giving away, disposing of, exchanging, or bartering certain beverages or articles with a habitual drunkard after receiving notice from a family member about such person's condition; revising threshold amounts for offenses involving giving worthless checks, drafts, and debit card orders, etc.

AI Summary

This bill decreases penalties for certain criminal acts in Florida. It deletes a criminal penalty for carrying a white or white-tipped cane or walking stick on public streets unless the person is blind, decreases the penalty for selling alcohol to a habitual drunkard, and revises the threshold amounts for offenses involving worthless checks and debit card orders. The bill also reduces certain theft and other property crime offenses from felonies to misdemeanors by increasing the dollar thresholds.

Committee Categories

Justice, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (1)

Other Sponsors (1)

Criminal Justice (Senate)

Last Action

Died in Transportation (on 05/05/2017)

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