Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 590
       
       
        
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00623-26                                             2026590__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the statute of limitations period
    3         for violations involving required reports concerning
    4         children; amending s. 775.15, F.S.; providing that the
    5         limitations period for offenses concerning specified
    6         required reports about children does not begin to run
    7         until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the
    8         violation; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (23) is added to section 775.15,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
   15  exceptions.—
   16         (23) If the offense is a violation of s. 39.201, the
   17  applicable period of limitation does not begin to run until a
   18  law enforcement agency or other governmental agency, excluding
   19  any institution where the violation occurs, is made aware of the
   20  violation.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.