Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0875 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to aiding unmarried minors; amending 2
16	16	ss. 984.085 and 985.731, F.S.; providing enhanced 3
17	17	criminal penalties for knowingly sheltering an 4
18	18	unmarried minor or aiding an unmarried minor runaway; 5
19	19	creating a presumption concerning knowledge of a 6
20	20	minor's age; providing a defense; providing an 7
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23	23	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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25	25	Section 1. Section 984 .085, Florida Statutes, is amended 12
26	26	to read: 13
27	27	984.085 Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried 14
28	28	minor runaways; violations. — 15
29	29	(1)(a) A person who is not an authorized agent of the 16
30	30	Department of Juvenile Justice or the Department of Children and 17
31	31	Families may not knowingly shelter an unmarried minor for more 18
32	32	than 24 hours without the consent of the minor's parent or 19
33	33	guardian or without notifying a law enforcement officer of the 20
34	34	minor's name and the fact that the minor is being provided 21
35	35	shelter. 22
36	36	(b) A person may not knowingly provide aid to an unmarried 23
37	37	minor who has run away from home without first contacting the 24
38	38	minor's parent or guardian or notifying a law enforcement 25
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51	51	officer. The aid prohibited under this paragraph includes 26
52	52	assisting the minor in obt aining shelter, such as hotel 27
53	53	lodgings. 28
54	54	(c) Proof that a person has not attained the age of 18 29
55	55	years creates the presumption that the defendant knew the 30
56	56	minor's age or acted in reckless disregard thereof. 31
57	57	(2) It is a defense that the defendant had reas onable 32
58	58	cause to believe that his or her action was necessary to 33
59	59	preserve the minor from danger to his or her welfare. 34
60	60	(3)(2) A person who violates this section commits a felony 35
61	61	misdemeanor of the third first degree, punishable as provided in 36
62	62	s. 775.082, or s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 37
63	63	Section 2. Section 985.731, Florida Statutes, is amended 38
64	64	to read: 39
65	65	985.731 Sheltering unmarried minors; aiding unmarried 40
66	66	minor runaways; violations. — 41
67	67	(1)(a) A person who is not an authorized agent of the 42
68	68	department or the Department of Children and Families may not 43
69	69	knowingly shelter an unmarried minor for more than 24 hours 44
70	70	without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian or without 45
71	71	notifying a law enforcement officer of the minor's name and the 46
72	72	fact that the minor is being provided shelter. 47
73	73	(b) A person may not knowingly provide aid to an unmarried 48
74	74	minor who has run away from home without first contacting the 49
75	75	minor's parent or guardian or notifying a law enforcement 50
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88	88	officer. The aid prohibited under this paragraph includes 51
89	89	assisting the minor in obtaining shelter, such as hotel 52
90	90	lodgings. 53
91	91	(c) Proof that a person has not attained the age of 18 54
92	92	years creates the presumption that the defendant knew the 55
93	93	minor's age or acted in reckless disregard thereof. 56
94	94	(2) It is a defense that the defendant had reasonable 57
95	95	cause to believe that his or her action was necessary to 58
96	96	preserve the minor from danger to his or her welfare. 59
97	97	(3)(2) A person who violates this section commits a felony 60
98	98	misdemeanor of the third first degree, punishable as provided in 61
99	99	s. 775.082, or s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 62
100	100	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 63