The Florida Senate

CS/HB 7027: Sexual Offenses

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Gaetz ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Adkins ; Clelland ; Cruz ; Cummings ; Danish ; Dudley ; Eisnaugle ; Kerner ; Mayfield ; McBurney ; Metz ; Nunez ; Rangel ; Rodriguez, J. ; Steube

Sexual Offenses; Authorizes orders limiting testimony in open court and in depositions if victim or witness was a child under 16 years of age when specified sexual offense occurred; eliminates time limitations for criminal offenses relating to lewd & lascivious acts if victim is under 16 years of age; revises & creates offenses involving sexual battery; increases felony degree of certain sexual battery offenses; imposes 50-year minimum mandatory sentence for dangerous sexual felony offenders; revises & creates offenses involving lewd or lascivious battery & molestation; provides that voyeurism includes secretly observing another person's intimate areas in which person has reasonable expectation of privacy; provides that sentence points are multiplied for specified sex offenses committed by an adult upon minor; prohibits gain-time for certain offenses; provides for tolling of conditional release supervision; requires split sentence for certain sexual offenses; authorizes court to require sexual offender or sexual predator who is on probation or community control to undergo evaluation to determine whether the offender or predator needs sexual offender treatment.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (6)
• Bill Text (2)
• Amendments (1)
• Analyses (3)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (16)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/28/2014	House	• Filed
2/5/2014	House	• Referred to Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 123 • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 02/12/14, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
2/12/2014	House	• Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 25 NAYS 0 -HJ 157
2/13/2014	House	• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 157
2/24/2014	House	• PCS on Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 03/03/14, 12:30 pm, Sumner Hall
3/3/2014	House	• CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 207
3/4/2014	House	• Introduced -HJ 122
3/5/2014	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c) • Placed on Calendar -HJ 205 • CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 203
3/7/2014	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/14
3/11/2014	House	• Substituted CS/CS/CS/SB 526 -HJ 234 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) -HJ 234

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 526 (er)	Sexual Offenses	Bradley	Identical	Last Action: 4/2/2014 Chapter No. 2014-4 Location: Became Law
H 73 (c1)	Sexual Offenders	Edwards, Eagle	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar
H 445 (c2)	Time Limitations	Nunez	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar
H 7017	Supervision of Sexually Violent Predators	Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Judiciary Committee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) Location: In committee/council (JDC)
S 182 (c1)	Child Pornography	Stargel	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) Location: In messages from Senate
S 494 (c1)	Time Limitations	Benacquisto	Compare	Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) Location: In committee/council (AP)

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 7027 Filed	1/28/2014 2:07 PM	PDF
H 7027 c1	3/5/2014 3:14 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 7027 Filed

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
923549 - Amendment Remove line 271 and insert:	Rouson	2/12/2014 4:52 PM	Withdrawn 2/12/2014	PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 7027	Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	5/14/2014 9:40 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 7027	Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting)	2/13/2014 8:44 AM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 7027	Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting)	3/5/2014 2:56 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (16)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
92.55	Judicial or other proceedings involving victim or witness under the age of 16 or person who has an intellectual disability; special protections; use of registered service or therapy animals.	Page 3 (pdf)
775.15	Time limitations; general time limitations; exceptions.	Page 6 (pdf)
794.011	Sexual battery.	Page 6 (pdf)
794.0115	Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing.	Page 12 (pdf)
794.05	Unlawful sexual activity with certain minors.	Page 14 (pdf)
800.04	Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age.	Page 14 (pdf)
810.14	Voyeurism prohibited; penalties.	Page 17 (pdf)
921.0022	Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart.	Page 18 (pdf)
921.0024	Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; scoresheets.	Page 67 (pdf)
943.0435	Sexual offenders required to register with the department; penalty.	Page 81 (pdf)
944.275	Gain-time.	Page 88 (pdf)
944.607	Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders.	Page 87 (pdf)
947.1405	Conditional release program.	Page 88 (pdf)
948.012	Split sentence of probation or community control and imprisonment.	Page 89 (pdf)
948.30	Additional terms and conditions of probation or community control for certain sex offenses.	Page 91 (pdf)
948.31	Evaluation and treatment of sexual predators and offenders on probation or community control.	Page 92 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.