HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1597

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Heyman, Needelman, Kosmas, Benson, Bilirakis

12  offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 3, between lines 19 & 20,

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18         Section 3.  The offense of sexual battery under s.

19  794.011, for which the identity of the alleged perpetrator is

20  determined after the expiration of such applicable time

21  period, and the identity is confirmed through DNA

22  (deoxyribonucleic acid) analysis from a specimen or specimens

23  collected during the investigation of a crime or otherwise

24  made available to a law enforcement agency, when such

25  information was not known to or in the possession of a law

26  enforcement agency for comparison prior to the expiration of

27  the applicable time period, may be used as evidence in a

28  criminal proceeding or for the purpose of identification.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1597

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

  3         On page 1, lines 2 & 3,

  4  remove:  all of said lines

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  7         An act relating to sexually violent offenders;

  8         providing that certain evidence may be used in

  9         a criminal proceeding or for the purpose of

10         identification;

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