Florida Senate - 2020                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 7065, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/10/2020 05:34 PM       .                                
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       Senator Bracy moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 113 and 114
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Section 985.031, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         985.031 Age limitation; exception.—
    8         (1) This section may be cited as the “Kaia Rolle Act.”
    9         (2) A child younger than 7 years of age may not be
   10  adjudicated delinquent, arrested, or charged with a violation of
   11  law or a delinquent act on the basis of acts occurring before he
   12  or she reaches 7 years of age.
   13         (3) Notwithstanding this section, a child who commits a
   14  forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08 may be adjudicated
   15  delinquent, arrested, or charged with a violation of law or a
   16  delinquent act.
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   18  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Between lines 8 and 9
   21  insert:
   22         creating s. 985.031, F.S.; providing a short title;
   23         prohibiting a child younger than a certain age from
   24         being adjudicated delinquent, arrested, or charged
   25         with a violation of law or a delinquent act; providing
   26         an exception;