Florida Senate - 2021                       CS for CS for SB 626
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Criminal Justice; and Children, Families,
       and Elder Affairs; and Senators Bracy and Torres
       
       
       
       
       591-02928-21                                           2021626c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to juvenile justice; creating s.
    3         985.031, F.S.; providing a short title; prohibiting a
    4         child younger than a certain age from being taken into
    5         custody, arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent
    6         for a delinquent act or violation of law; providing an
    7         exception; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 985.031, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         985.031 Age limitation; exception.—
   14         (1) This section may be cited as the “Kaia Rolle Act.”
   15         (2) A child younger than 7 years of age may not be taken
   16  into custody, arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for a
   17  delinquent act or violation of law based on an act occurring
   18  before he or she reaches 7 years of age, unless the violation of
   19  law is a forcible felony as defined in s. 776.08.
   20         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.