The Florida Senate
HOUSE MESSAGE SUMMARY
Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
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BILL: CS/CS/SB 692
INTRODUCER: Rules Committee; Criminal Justice Committee; and Senators Stewart and Harrell
SUBJECT: Sexual Offenses
DATE: March 8, 2022
I.Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – 028079 (body with title)
II.Summary of Amendments Contained in Message:
House Amendment – 028079 is a delete all amendment.
The amendment removes language amending s. 90.404, F.S., which provided substantial
similarity is not required for admission of the defendant’s commission of other crimes, wrongs,
or acts involving a sexual offense, when the defendant is charged with a sexual offense and his or
her identity is not at issue.
The amendment removes language amending s. 775.15, F.S., which expanded the statute of
limitations by one year for certain victims of sexual battery.
Additionally, it removes the language added to s. 794.011(3), F.S., which provided it was a life
felony to use or threaten to use actual physical force likely to cause serious personal injury or
death, during the commission of a sexual battery on a person 12 years of age or older.
The amendment defines the term “female genitals,” in ss. 365.161, 491.0112, 775.0847, 794.05,
796.07, 800.04, 825.1025, 827.071, 847.001, 872.06, 944.35, and 951.27, F.S.