Florida Senate Bill 878 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-14 - Died in Criminal Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing that substantial similarity is not required for the admissibility of certain evidence in a criminal case in which the defendant is charged with a sexual offense; revising the definitions of the terms "sexual battery" and "sexual bestiality"; providing a time limitation for the prosecution of specified sexual battery offenses; providing that a person who threatens to use actual physical force likely to cause serious bodily injury or death while committing specified sexual battery offenses commits a life felony, etc.

Sexual Offenses

Sen. Gayle Harrell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-14	Senate	Died in Criminal Justice
2022-03-12	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2022-01-11	Senate	Introduced
2021-11-30	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
2021-11-08	Senate	Filed

H341 (Similar To) 2022-03-08 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 692
H379 (Similar To) 2022-03-07 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 444
S444 (Similar To) 2022-06-06 - Chapter No. 2022-164
S692 (Similar To) 2022-06-06 - Chapter No. 2022-165
S1244 (Similar To) 2022-06-08 - Chapter No. 2022-170
H913 (Similar To) 2022-03-07 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 1244

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
365	161		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	0197		Amended Code	See Bill Text
415	102		Amended Code	See Bill Text
491	0112		Amended Code	See Bill Text
775	0847		Amended Code	See Bill Text
775	15		Amended Code	See Bill Text
794	011		Amended Code	See Bill Text
794	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
796	07		Amended Code	See Bill Text
800	04		Amended Code	See Bill Text
800	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text
825	1025		Amended Code	See Bill Text
827	071		Amended Code	See Bill Text
847	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
872	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text
90	404		Amended Code	See Bill Text
944	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text
951	27		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/878
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/878/BillText/Filed/HTML