A former soccer star for the Florida State Seminoles who lately grew to become a state senator from north Florida needs to place an finish to the follow of followers storming the sector or court docket after large wins.
Sen. Corey Simon, a Republican whose district contains Tallahassee, launched SB-764, NBC affiliate WFLA reported Thursday.
The invoice would penalize anybody who “interferes” with reside sports activities or different leisure earlier than, throughout, and after an occasion.
According to the invoice’s language, anybody who “knowingly enters or stays unlawfully upon the coated
space of a sporting or leisure occasion,” both throws gadgets onto the sector or stage, or touches a participant could be charged with a misdemeanor with penalties as much as a $2,500 positive and one 12 months in jail.
An equivalent invoice was additionally filed within the Florida House of Representatives and would develop into legislation, if handed, on October 1.
The invoice comes after FSU followers stormed the sector at Doak Campbell Stadium on November 25, 2022 after the Seminoles defeated the rival Florida Gators. UF followers additionally stormed the basketball court docket on the Exactech Arena on February 19, 2022 after upsetting then-No.2 ranked Auburn.
Simon, a local of Pompano Beach who attended Ely High School earlier than successful a nationwide title for FSU in 1999, is the primary Black Republican to serve within the Florida Senate for the reason that Reconstruction period.