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CS/CS/SB 964: Protection of Minors

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Criminal Justice ; Benacquisto ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz ; Lynn ; Hays ; Altman

Protection of Minors; Citing this act as the “Protect Our Children Act"; requiring a person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of a specified video voyeurism provision to register as a sexual offender if the victim of the violation was a minor; providing that if more than one child is involved in a violation of provisions prohibiting sexual performance by a child, a separate offense may be charged for each child; requiring a person convicted of a video voyeurism violation to register as a sexual offender if the victim of the violation was a minor; revising the definition of the term “place and time when a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy” to include the interior of a residential dwelling; increasing the classification of specified video voyeurism offenses involving minors, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 437 (Ch. 2012-19), SB 436 (Ch. 2012-39) -SJ 1247
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (BJA)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/15/2011 Senate • Filed
12/6/2011 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 80
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 80
1/20/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/25/12, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
1/25/2012 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 280
1/26/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/27/2012 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 287
1/31/2012 Senate • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
2/6/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
2/9/2012 Senate • CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 500
2/10/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/13/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 500
• CS/CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 504
2/14/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations -SJ 518
• Now in Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations
2/23/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations, 02/28/12, 10:45 am, 37 Senate Office Building
2/28/2012 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; YEAS 4 NAYS 2 -SJ 721
2/29/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 721
3/5/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 805
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 805
3/6/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/12
3/8/2012 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/12
3/9/2012 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 1246
• Substituted CS/HB 437 -SJ 1247
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 437 (Ch. 2012-19), SB 436 (Ch. 2012-39) -SJ 1247