Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 764
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/23/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Stewart) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 54 - 66
    4  and insert:
    5  for a minimum of 50 years after the collection date. Within 30
    6  days after collecting such a kit, the medical facility or
    7  certified rape crisis center that collected the kit must
    8  transfer the kit to the department, which must maintain the kit
    9  in compliance with this subparagraph. A sexual offense evidence
   10  kit that is transferred and retained pursuant to this
   11  subparagraph must be stored anonymously, in a secure,
   12  environmentally safe manner, and with a documented chain of
   13  custody.
   14         2. If, at any time following the initial retention of a
   15  sexual offense evidence kit pursuant to subparagraph 1., an
   16  alleged victim makes a report to a law enforcement agency or
   17  makes a request, or has a request made on his or her behalf, for
   18  testing in compliance with paragraph (1)(b), the kit must be
   19  retained as described in paragraph (a) if the applicable time
   20  limitation under s. 775.15 has not expired and prosecution of a
   21  criminal case may still be commenced. In circumstances in which
   22  a criminal case may not be commenced because the applicable time
   23  limitation under s. 775.15 has expired, the kit must be
   24  maintained in a secure, environmentally safe manner until the
   25  department has approved its destruction.
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   27  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete lines 6 - 8
   30  and insert:
   31         the collection date; requiring specified entities to
   32         transfer such sexual offense evidence to the
   33         department within a specified time period; requiring
   34         the department to retain such sexual offense evidence;
   35         requiring that such evidence be stored anonymously, in
   36         a secure, environmentally safe manner, and with a
   37         documented chain of custody; providing requirements
   38         for the transferring, storing, and destruction of such
   39         sexual offense evidence;