Title: Harassment of Election Workers

Summary: Prohibits person from intimidating, threatening, coercing, or harassing election worker with specified intent; provides criminal penalties.

Full Text:
An act relating to harassment of election workers; creating s. 104.0614, F.S.; defining the term "election worker"; prohibiting a person from intimidating, threatening, coercing, or harassing an election worker with specified intent; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 104.0614, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 104.0614 Harassment of election workers.-(1) For purposes of this section, the term "election worker" means a member of a county canvassing board or an individual who is an election official or poll worker in connection with an election conducted in this state. (2) A person may not intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with the intent to impede or interfere with the performance of the election worker's official duties or with the intent to retaliate against the election worker for performing his or her official duties. (3) A person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. CS/HB 2024 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.