Florida Senate - 2022                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1244
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Gibson moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (21) is added to section 775.15,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
    8  exceptions.—
    9         (21) In addition to the time periods prescribed in this
   10  section, a prosecution for any offense under s. 827.071(2) or
   11  (3), if the offender was 18 years of age or older at the time of
   12  the offense, may be commenced at any time. This subsection
   13  applies to any offense that is not otherwise barred from
   14  prosecution on or before July 1, 2022.
   15         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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   18  And the title is amended as follows:
   19         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   20  and insert:
   21                        A bill to be entitled                      
   22         An act relating to statutes of limitation for offenses
   23         relating to sexual performance by a child; amending s.
   24         775.15, F.S.; eliminating statutes of limitations
   25         periods for prosecution of specified violations
   26         relating to sexual performance by a child if the
   27         offender was a certain age at the time of the offense;
   28         providing applicability; providing an effective date.