Florida Senate - 2026                              CS for SB 590
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       586-02018-26                                           2026590c1
    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         period of limitation for offenses related to specified
    6         required reports concerning children does not begin to
    7         run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of
    8         the violation; providing applicability; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (23) is added to section 775.15,
   14  Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
   16  exceptions.—
   17         (23) If the offense is a violation of s. 39.201, the
   18  applicable period of limitation does not begin to run until a
   19  law enforcement agency or other governmental agency, excluding
   20  any institution where the violation occurs, is made aware of the
   21  violation. This subsection applies to any offense that is not
   22  otherwise barred from prosecution on or before July 1, 2026.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.