Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 764
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (25) is added to section 90.803,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         90.803 Hearsay exceptions; availability of declarant
    8  immaterial.—The provision of s. 90.802 to the contrary
    9  notwithstanding, the following are not inadmissible as evidence,
   10  even though the declarant is available as a witness:
   11         (25) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—A statement describing any act of
   12  domestic violence, as such is defined in s. 741.28, that was
   13  made to enable law enforcement assistance to meet an ongoing
   14  emergency.
   15         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   17  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   20  and insert:
   21                        A bill to be entitled                      
   22         An act relating to hearsay; amending s. 90.803, F.S.;
   23         providing that certain statements are an exception to
   24         the hearsay rule and thus admissible; providing an
   25         effective date.