Florida House Bill 967 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Designates act "Florida Victim's Relief Act"; provides that victim of human trafficking has privilege to refuse to disclose, & to prevent another person from disclosing, confidential communication to human trafficking counselor or trained volunteer; provides for disclosure only with prior written consent of victim; specifies by whom privilege may be claimed; authorizes court to award punitive damages to person who proves by clear & convincing evidence that he or she has been injured due to sex trafficking or human trafficking; provides that defendant has affirmative defense of duress or coercion of offense of human trafficking for which he or she is charged; authorizes person convicted of prostitution to file motion to vacate conviction if participation was result of person having been victim of human trafficking; specifies conditions; provides that person moving to vacate has burden of proof by preponderance of evidence.

Human Trafficking

Rep. Cynthia Stafford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-03-04	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2013-02-21	House	Filed

S0974 (Same As) 2013-05-03 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
772	104		Amended Code	See Bill Text
787	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/967
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0967/BillText/Filed/PDF