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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Subsection (14) of section 775.15, Florida 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations; 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | exceptions.— 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (14)(a) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 16 years of age or 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | older at the time of the offense and the offense is reported to 17 |
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| 31 | | - | a law enforcement agency within 72 hours after commission of the 18 |
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| 32 | | - | offense, may be commenced at any time. 19 |
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| 33 | | - | (b) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony 20 |
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| 34 | | - | violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 18 years of age or 21 |
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| 35 | | - | older at the time of the offense and the offense is reported to 22 |
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| 36 | | - | a law enforcement agency or a person acting within the scope of 23 |
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| 37 | | - | his or her practice who is licensed under chapter 458, chapter 24 |
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| 38 | | - | 459, chapter 490, or chapter 491 within 21 days a fter commission 25 |
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| 31 | + | a law enforcement agency or a medical professional licensed 18 |
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| 32 | + | under chapter 458, chapter 464, chapter 466, chapter 490, or 19 |
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| 33 | + | chapter 491 within 21 days 72 hours after commission of the 20 |
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| 34 | + | offense, may be commenced at any time. 21 |
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| 35 | + | (b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) , or paragraph (c), 22 |
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| 36 | + | paragraph (13)(b), or subsection (20) , a prosecution for a first 23 |
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| 37 | + | or second degree felony violation of s. 794.011, if the victim 24 |
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| 38 | + | is 16 years of age or older at the time of the offense, must be 25 |
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| 51 | | - | of the offense, may be commenced at any time. This paragraph 26 |
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| 52 | | - | applies to an offense that is committed on or after July 1, 27 |
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| 53 | | - | 2023. 28 |
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| 54 | | - | (c)(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) , or paragraph 29 |
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| 55 | | - | (13)(b), or subsection (20), a prosecution for a first or second 30 |
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| 56 | | - | degree felony violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 16 years 31 |
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| 57 | | - | of age or older at the time of the offense, must be commenced 32 |
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| 58 | | - | within 8 years after the violation is committed. This paragraph 33 |
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| 59 | | - | applies to any such offense except an offense the pros ecution of 34 |
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| 60 | | - | which would have been barred by subsection (2) on or before July 35 |
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| 61 | | - | 1, 2015. 36 |
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| 62 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 37 |
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| 51 | + | commenced within 8 year s after the violation is committed. This 26 |
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| 52 | + | paragraph applies to any such offense except an offense the 27 |
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| 53 | + | prosecution of which would have been barred by subsection (2) on 28 |
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| 54 | + | or before July 1, 2015. 29 |
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| 55 | + | (c) A prosecution for a first or second degree felony 30 |
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| 56 | + | violation of s. 794.011, if the victim is 18 years of age or 31 |
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| 57 | + | older at the time of the offense, must be commenced within 15 32 |
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| 58 | + | years after the violation is committed. This paragraph applies 33 |
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| 59 | + | to an offense that is committed on or after July 1, 2023. 34 |
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| 60 | + | Section 2. The amendments to s. 775.15(14)(a), Florida 35 |
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| 61 | + | Statutes, by this act apply to any such offense except an 36 |
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| 62 | + | offense the prosecution of which would have been barred by s. 37 |
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| 63 | + | 775.15(2), Florida Statutes, on or before July 1, 2023. 38 |
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| 64 | + | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 39 |
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