Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1244
       
       
        
       By Senator Gibson
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00989-22                                            20221244__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to statutes of limitations for sexual
    3         offenses; amending s. 775.15, F.S.; eliminating
    4         statutes of limitations periods for prosecution of
    5         specified sexual offenses; providing applicability;
    6         providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (21) is added to section 775.15,
   11  Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
   13  exceptions.—
   14         (21)(a) In addition to the time periods prescribed in this
   15  section, a prosecution for any of the following offenses may be
   16  commenced at any time:
   17         1. Chapter 794, except for a violation of s. 794.024, s.
   18  794.026, s. 794.027, s. 794.03, or s. 794.075; or
   19         2. Section 800.04(7)(a)3. or s. 827.071(2) or (3).
   20         (b) This subsection applies to any offense that is not
   21  otherwise barred from prosecution, except an offense the
   22  prosecution of which would have been barred under this section
   23  on or before July 1, 2022.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.