Florida Statute 784.081 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.081

784.081 Assault or battery on specified officials or employees; reclassification of offenses.—

(1) For purposes of this section, the term “sports official” means any person who serves as a referee, an umpire, or a linesman, and any person who serves in a similar capacity as a sports official who may be known by another title, which sports official is duly registered by or is a member of a local, state, regional, or national organization that is engaged in part in providing education and training to sports officials.

(2) Whenever a person is charged with committing an assault or aggravated assault or a battery or aggravated battery upon any elected official or employee of: a school district; a private school; the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind; a university lab school; a state university or any other entity of the state system of public education, as defined in s. 1000.04; a sports official; an employee or protective investigator of the Department of Children and Families; an employee of a lead community-based provider and its direct service contract providers; or an employee of the Department of Health or its direct service contract providers, when the person committing the offense knows or has reason to know the identity or position or employment of the victim, the offense for which the person is charged shall be reclassified as follows:

(a) In the case of aggravated battery, from a felony of the second degree to a felony of the first degree.

(b) In the case of aggravated assault, from a felony of the third degree to a felony of the second degree.

(d) In the case of assault, from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(3) An assault, aggravated assault, battery, or aggravated battery upon a sports official shall be reclassified pursuant to subsection (2) only if such offense is committed upon the sports official when he or she is actively participating as a sports official in an athletic contest or immediately following such athletic contest.

History.—s. 3, ch. 96-293; s. 293, ch. 99-8; s. 11, ch. 2001-68; s. 1037, ch. 2002-387; s. 19, ch. 2004-41; s. 1, ch. 2004-276; s. 48, ch. 2004-350; s. 299, ch. 2014-19.

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Amendments to 784.081

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.081

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.081 1 - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON ELEC OFF EDUCATION DCF OR CONTRACT EMPLOYEE - F: F

S784.081 2 - ASSAULT - ON ELEC OFF EDUCATION DCF OR CONTRACT EMPLOYEE - F: S

S784.081 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION EMPLOYEE - F: F

S784.081 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON SPORTS OFFICIAL DURING OR AFTER CONTEST - F: F

S784.081 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON DCFS EMPLOYEE OR PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - F: F

S784.081 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON EMPLOYEE OF COMMUNITY AND CONTRACT PROVIDER - F: F

S784.081 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON ELECTED OFFICIAL - F: F

S784.081 2a - AGGRAV BATTERY - ON DEPART HEALTH EMPLOY DURING AFTER CONTEST - F: F

S784.081 2b - ASSAULT - ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION EMPLOYEE - F: S

S784.081 2b - ASSAULT - ON SPORTS OFFICIAL DURING OR AFTER CONTEST - F: S

S784.081 2b - ASSAULT - ON DCFS EMPLOYEE OR PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - F: S

S784.081 2b - ASSAULT - ON EMPLOYEE OF COMMUNITY AND CONTRACT PROVIDER - F: S

S784.081 2b - ASSAULT - ON ELECTED OFFICIAL - F: S

S784.081 2b - ASSAULT - ON DEPART HEALTH EMPLOY DURING AFTER CONTEST - F: S

S784.081 2c - BATTERY - ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION EMPLOYEE - F: T

S784.081 2c - BATTERY - ON SPORTS OFFICIAL DURING OR AFTER CONTEST - F: T

S784.081 2c - BATTERY - ON DCFS EMPLOYEE OR PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - F: T

S784.081 2c - BATTERY - ON EMPLOYEE OF COMMUNITY AND CONTRACT PROVIDER - F: T

S784.081 2c - BATTERY - ON ELECTED OFFICIAL - F: T

S784.081 2c - BATTERY - ON DEPART HEALTH EMPLOY DURING AFTER CONTEST - F: T

S784.081 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EDUCATION EMPLOYEE - M: F

S784.081 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON SPORTS OFFICIAL DURING OR AFTER CONTEST - M: F

S784.081 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON DCFS EMPLOYEE OR PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR - M: F

S784.081 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON EMPLOYEE OF COMMUNITY AND CONTRACT PROVIDER - M: F

S784.081 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON ELECTED OFFICIAL - M: F

S784.081 2d - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON DEPART HEALTH EMPLOY DURING AFTER CONTEST - M: F

S784.081 3 - BATTERY - ON ELEC OFF EDUCATION DCF OR CONTRACT EMPLOYEE - F: T

S784.081 4 - SIMPLE ASSLT - ON ELEC OFF EDUCATION DCF OR CONTRACT EMPLOYEE - M: F

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 784.081

Total Results: 20

T. K., a child v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-04-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: school district employee. See §§ 784.03(1)(a)(1), 784.081(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2016). With regard to the intent

Brenton McNeil v. State of Florida

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-04-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 215 So. 3d 55, 42 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 453, 2017 WL 1366131, 2017 Fla. LEXIS 828

Snippet: 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, or s. 794.011

Ramroop v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-09-04T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 174 So. 3d 584, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13194, 2015 WL 5165545

Snippet: employee under section 784.081 or a code inspector under section 784.083. §§ 784.081(2), 784.083, Fla. Stat

McNeil v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-03-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 162 So. 3d 274, 2015 WL 1071158

Snippet: 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, s. 794.011… 784.045, s. 784.048, s. 784.07, s. 784.08, s. 784.081, s. 784.082, s. 784.083, s. 784.085, or s. 794.011

In Re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES—REPORT NO. 2014-05

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2015-02-05T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 157 So. 3d 1027, 2015 WL 474161

Snippet: classes;-“784,074,-78407-5,-784.076, 784.-078,- 784.081 — 784.082, 784083, and 784Q85t See Spurgeon

C.L.P. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-05-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 138 So. 3d 1121, 2014 WL 1908823, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 7106

Snippet: misdemeanor under an incorrect interpretation of section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2012). On appeal, C.L.P. *1122argues…906 So.2d 333, 334 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005), section 784.081 does not create the offense of attempted battery…against a school official or employee, section 784.081 reclassifies the offense to a felony or misdemeanor

Crittenden v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2014-04-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 137 So. 3d 1170, 2014 WL 1415189, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 5431

Snippet: reclassified to a third-degree felony under section 784.081(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2008), which required

G.W. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-02-06T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 106 So. 3d 83, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 1750, 2013 WL 440559

Snippet: .L. challenge the constitutionality of section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2010), asserting that the sentencing… degree to a felony of the third degree. See § 784.081(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2010). Equal protection rights…130 (Fla.1985). It cannot be said that section 784.081 serves no legitimate government purpose. The Florida…It declared its intent when it enacted section 784.081, as it pertains to school district employees. The…Legislature was unreasonable in its belief that section 784.081 would promote the Legislature’s stated purpose

Hopkins v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2012-09-13T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 105 So. 3d 470, 37 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 551, 2012 WL 4009511, 2012 Fla. LEXIS 1799

Snippet: section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2007), was also created by chapter 96-293. Section 784.081 also reclassifies…district employees and officials, among others. § 784.081, Fla. Stat. (2007). Notwithstanding its findings

H.W. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-02-01T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 79 So. 3d 143, 2012 WL 280235, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 1333

Snippet: administrator, contrary to sections 784.011 and 784.081 of the Florida Statutes (2009). We conclude the… employee, pursuant to sections 784.011(1) and 784.081(2). Section 784.011(1) of the Florida Statutes

HW v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-01-31T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 79 So. 3d 143

M.W. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-01-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 51 So. 3d 1220, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 80

Snippet: specified official under sections 784.011 and 784.081(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2009), a first-degree

MW v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-01-13T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 51 So. 3d 1220

Snippet: specified official under sections 784.011 and 784.081(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2009), a first-degree

S.G. v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-02-26T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 29 So. 3d 383, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 2518

Snippet: charge to a third degree felony pursuant to section 784.081(2) of the Florida Statutes (2008) based on the … ORFINGER and EVANDER, JJ., concur. . Section 784.081(2)(c) of the Florida Statutes (2008) reclassifies…position or employment of the victim.... See § 784.081(2) Fla. Stat. (2008). No. 5D09-2203

SG v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-02-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 29 So. 3d 383

Snippet: charge to a third degree felony pursuant to section 784.081(2) of the Florida Statutes (2008) based on the …ORFINGER and EVANDER, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] Section 784.081(2)(c) of the Florida Statutes (2008) reclassifies…position or employment of the victim. . . . See § 784.081(2) Fla. Stat. (2008). 5D09-2203 District

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2008-05

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2008-10-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 994 So. 2d 1038

Snippet: classes: "784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083, and 784.085. This instruction

Polite v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-09-27T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 973 So. 2d 1107

Snippet: at 591. The Third District referred to section 784.081(2), Florida Statutes (2000), which reclassifies…(3), Fla. Stat. (2006). [11] Although section 784.081 has been subsequently amended, see ch. 2001-68,

Standard Jury Inst. in Cr. Cases No. 2006-2

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-07-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 962 So. 2d 310

Snippet: classes: §§ 784.074, 784.075, 784.076, 784.078, 784.081, 784.082, 784.083, and 784.085. This instruction

Polite v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-06-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 933 So. 2d 587

Snippet: on October 1, 1996, and replaced with section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2000).[8] Both statutes address…charged shall be classified. . . ." Section 784.081, Florida Statutes (2000), provides: Whenever a

State v. LL

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-04-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 933 So. 2d 3

Snippet: school board employee is a third-degree felony. § 784.081(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2004). The record establishes