Bill Text: FL S1696 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sentencing for Sexual Offenses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice [S1696 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S1696-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2018 SB 1696 By Senator Torres 15-01166-18 20181696__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to sentencing for sexual offenses; 3 creating s. 794.10, F.S.; prohibiting the grant of any 4 form of early release and the suspension of execution 5 or imposition of sentence if the victim of a sexual 6 offense was prevented from resisting the offense due 7 to intoxication or unconsciousness; providing an 8 effective date. 9 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 12 Section 1. Section 794.10, Florida Statutes, is created to 13 read: 14 794.10 Victim intoxication or unconsciousness; effect. 15 Effective for offenses committed on or after October 1, 2018, a 16 person who commits a felony violation of this chapter, excluding 17 s. 794.011(10), or s. 800.04 may not be granted probation, 18 community control, parole, conditional release, control release, 19 or any other form of early release, nor shall the execution or 20 imposition of sentence be suspended, if: 21 (1) The victim of the offense was prevented from resisting 22 the offense by any intoxicating or anesthetic substance, or any 23 controlled substance; or 24 (2) The victim was unconscious or asleep at the time of the 25 offense, 26 27 and this condition was known, or reasonably should have been 28 known, to the offender at the time of the offense. 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2018.