Florida Senate - 2023                              CS for SB 424
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Davis
       
       
       
       
       
       591-03486-23                                           2023424c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to time limitations for prosecution of
    3         certain sexual battery offenses; amending s. 775.15,
    4         F.S.; revising the time limitations for prosecution of
    5         specified sexual battery offenses committed on victims
    6         18 years of age or older in certain circumstances;
    7         providing applicability; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (14) of section 775.15, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
   14  exceptions.—
   15         (14)(a) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony
   16  violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 16 years of age or
   17  older at the time of the offense and the offense is reported to
   18  a law enforcement agency within 72 hours after commission of the
   19  offense, may be commenced at any time.
   20         (b) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony
   21  violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 18 years of age or
   22  older at the time of the offense and the offense is reported to
   23  a law enforcement agency or a person acting within the scope of
   24  his or her practice who is licensed under chapter 458, chapter
   25  459, chapter 490, or chapter 491 within 21 days after commission
   26  of the offense, may be commenced at any time. This paragraph
   27  applies to an offense that is committed on or after July 1,
   28  2023.
   29         (c)(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), or paragraph
   30  (13)(b), or subsection (20), a prosecution for a first or second
   31  degree felony violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 16 years
   32  of age or older at the time of the offense, must be commenced
   33  within 8 years after the violation is committed. This paragraph
   34  applies to any such offense except an offense the prosecution of
   35  which would have been barred by subsection (2) on or before July
   36  1, 2015.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.