Bill Text: FL S0946 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Statute of Limitations for Sexual Offenses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary [S0946 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S0946-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2021 SB 946 By Senator Book 32-00489-21 2021946__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the statute of limitations for 3 sexual offenses; amending s. 95.11, F.S.; eliminating 4 the statute of limitations period for civil actions 5 for certain sexual offenses; providing applicability; 6 providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 95.11, Florida 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 12 95.11 Limitations other than for the recovery of real 13 property.—Actions other than for recovery of real property shall 14 be commenced as follows: 15 (9) SEXUALBATTERYOFFENSESON VICTIMS UNDER AGE 16.— 16 (a) An action related to an act constituting a violation of 17 s. 794.011 involving a victim who was younger thanunderthe age 18 of 16 at the time of the act may be commenced at any time. This 19 paragraphsubsectionapplies to any such action other than one 20 which would have been time barred on or before July 1, 2010. 21 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), an action related 22 to an act constituting a violation of s. 365.16, s. 365.161, s. 23 794.011, s. 798.02, s. 800.02, s. 800.03, s. 800.09, s. 800.101, 24 s. 825.1025, s. 827.071, s. 847.0135, s. 847.0141, s. 847.0147, 25 s. 847.201, s. 847.002, s. 847.011, s. 847.012, s. 847.013, s. 26 847.06, or s. 847.07 may be commenced at any time. This 27 paragraph applies to any such action based on an act 28 constituting such a violation taking place on or after January 29 1, 2018, and to an action based on an act constituting such a 30 violation for which the statute of limitations that was in 31 effect before January 1, 2018, had not run as of January 1, 32 2018. 33 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.