| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to adultery, cohabitation, and lewd and |
| 3 | lascivious behavior; repealing s. 798.01, F.S., relating |
| 4 | to living in open adultery; amending s. 798.02, F.S.; |
| 5 | deleting language that made a prohibition on couples |
| 6 | lewdly and lasciviously associating and cohabiting |
| 7 | together a part of a prohibition of lewd and lascivious |
| 8 | behavior; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Section 798.01, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 13 | Section 2. Section 798.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 14 | read: |
| 15 | 798.02 Lewd and lascivious behavior.-If Any man and woman, |
| 16 | not being married to each other, lewdly and lasciviously |
| 17 | associate and cohabit together, or if any man or woman, married |
| 18 | or unmarried, who engage engages in open and gross lewdness and |
| 19 | lascivious behavior with each other each commit, they shall be |
| 20 | guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as |
| 21 | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
| 22 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |