Bill Summary

by Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Gaetz (M) Co Sponsors: Adkins, Clelland, Cruz, Cummings, Danish, Dudley, Eisnaugle, Kerner, Mayfield, McBurney, Metz, Nunez, Rangel, Steube, Rodríguez (J) CS Sponsors: Judiciary Committee

Sexual Offenses: Authorizes orders limiting testimony in open court and in depositions if victim or witness was a child under 16 years of age when specified sexual offense occurred; eliminates time limitations for criminal offenses relating to lewd & lascivious acts if victim is under 16 years of age; revises & creates offenses involving sexual battery; increases felony degree of certain sexual battery offenses; imposes 50-year minimum mandatory sentence for dangerous sexual felony offenders; revises & creates offenses involving lewd or lascivious battery & molestation; provides that voyeurism includes secretly observing another person's intimate areas in which person has reasonable expectation of privacy; provides that sentence points are multiplied for specified sex offenses committed by an adult upon minor; prohibits gain-time for certain offenses; provides for tolling of conditional release supervision; requires split sentence for certain sexual offenses; authorizes court to require sexual offender or sexual predator who is on probation or community control to undergo evaluation to determine whether the offender or predator needs sexual offender treatment. Effective Date: October 1, 2014

   H Appropriations Committee
   H Judiciary Committee