Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 764
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       
       590-02748-14                                           2014764c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to hearsay; amending s. 90.803, F.S.;
    3         providing that certain statements are an exception to
    4         the hearsay rule and thus admissible; providing an
    5         effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    9         Section 1. Subsection (25) is added to section 90.803,
   10  Florida Statutes, to read:
   11         90.803 Hearsay exceptions; availability of declarant
   12  immaterial.—The provision of s. 90.802 to the contrary
   13  notwithstanding, the following are not inadmissible as evidence,
   14  even though the declarant is available as a witness:
   15         (25) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—A statement describing any act of
   16  domestic violence, as such is defined in s. 741.28, that was
   17  made to enable law enforcement assistance to meet an ongoing
   18  emergency.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.