Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 424
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/04/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Davis) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (14) of section 775.15, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
    8  exceptions.—
    9         (14)(a) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony
   10  violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 16 years of age or
   11  older at the time of the offense and the offense is reported to
   12  a law enforcement agency within 72 hours after commission of the
   13  offense, may be commenced at any time.
   14         (b) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony
   15  violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 18 years of age or
   16  older at the time of the offense and the offense is reported to
   17  a law enforcement agency or a person acting within the scope of
   18  his or her practice who is licensed under chapter 458, chapter
   19  459, chapter 490, or chapter 491 within 21 days after commission
   20  of the offense, may be commenced at any time. This paragraph
   21  applies to an offense that is committed on or after July 1,
   22  2023.
   23         (c)(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), or paragraph
   24  (13)(b), or subsection (20), a prosecution for a first or second
   25  degree felony violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 16 years
   26  of age or older at the time of the offense, must be commenced
   27  within 8 years after the violation is committed. This paragraph
   28  applies to any such offense except an offense the prosecution of
   29  which would have been barred by subsection (2) on or before July
   30  1, 2015.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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   33  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   36  and insert:
   37                        A bill to be entitled                      
   38         An act relating to time limitations for prosecution of
   39         certain sexual battery offenses; amending s. 775.15,
   40         F.S.; revising the time limitations for prosecution of
   41         specified sexual battery offenses committed on victims
   42         18 years of age or older in certain circumstances;
   43         providing applicability; providing an effective date.