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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.

Effective Date: 10/1/2014
 Last Action: 3/11/2014 House - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/SB 526 (Ch. 2014-4) -HJ 234
Bill Text: PDF

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  • 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

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  • CS/HB 7027, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/5/2014 at 3:14 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 5/14/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (6)

    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     		Track This Bill
    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     		Track This Bill
    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     		Track This Bill
    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)     		Track This Bill
    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     		Track This Bill
    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)     		Track This Bill

    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)

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  • HB 7027, Original Filed Version Posted 1/28/2014 at 2:07 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/13/2014 (pdf)
    Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/5/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (9)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    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     		Track This Bill
    H 161 Indecent Exposure Hager, Harrell Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died on Calendar
    Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar     		Track This Bill
    H 181 Indecent Exposure Harrell Compare Last Action: 12/10/2013 H Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 22
    Location: Withdrawn from consideration     		Track This Bill
    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     		Track This Bill
    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     		Track This Bill
    S 254 Indecent Exposure Bradley Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 S Died in Criminal Justice
    Location: In committee/council (CJ)     		Track This Bill
    S 276 Indecent Exposure Ring Compare Last Action: 2/3/2014 S Withdrawn prior to introduction -SJ 30
    Location: Withdrawn from consideration     		Track This Bill
    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)     		Track This Bill
    S 526 (e1) Sexual Offenses Bradley Compare Last Action: 4/2/2014 Chapter No. 2014-4
    Location: Became Law     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    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

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    95.11 Limitations other than for the recovery of real property. Page 3 (pdf)
    775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations; exceptions. Page 3 (pdf)
    794.011 Sexual battery. Page 4 (pdf)
    794.0115 Dangerous sexual felony offender; mandatory sentencing. Page 10 (pdf)
    794.05 Unlawful sexual activity with certain minors. Page 11 (pdf)
    800.03 Exposure of sexual organs. Page 11 (pdf)
    800.04 Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age. Page 12 (pdf)
    810.14 Voyeurism prohibited; penalties. Page 15 (pdf)
    901.15 When arrest by officer without warrant is lawful. Page 16 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 16 (pdf)
    921.0024 Criminal Punishment Code; worksheet computations; scoresheets. Page 59 (pdf)
    943.0435 Sexual offenders required to register with the department; penalty. Page 73 (pdf)
    944.275 Gain-time. Page 70 (pdf)
    944.607 Notification to Department of Law Enforcement of information on sexual offenders. Page 79 (pdf)
    947.1405 Conditional release program. Page 72 (pdf)
    948.012 Split sentence of probation or community control and imprisonment. Page 70 (pdf)
    948.30 Additional terms and conditions of probation or community control for certain sex offenses. Page 72 (pdf)

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