Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 498
       
       
        
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       
       33-00401A-16                                           2016498__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the repeal of a prohibition on
    3         cohabitation; amending s. 798.02, F.S.; deleting
    4         provisions prohibiting cohabitation by unmarried men
    5         and women; providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Section 798.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   10  read:
   11         798.02 Lewd and lascivious behavior.—If any man and woman,
   12  not being married to each other, lewdly and lasciviously
   13  associate and cohabit together, or If any man or woman, married
   14  or unmarried, engages in open and gross lewdness and lascivious
   15  behavior, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second
   16  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.