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FL S1022

Bill

Status

Failed

5/5/2023

Primary Sponsor

Linda Stewart

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds definition of "voluntarily mentally incapacitated" to Florida law as temporary inability to appraise or control conduct due to narcotic, anesthetic, or intoxicating substance administered with consent.

  • Reclassifies existing definition of "involuntarily mentally incapacitated" (substances administered without consent) to distinguish it from the new voluntary category.

  • Expands sexual battery prohibitions under s. 794.011 to include offenses against both involuntarily and voluntarily mentally incapacitated persons.

  • Updates related statutes (s. 92.565 and s. 787.06) to recognize both involuntary and voluntary mental incapacity in admissibility of confessions and human trafficking cases.

  • Effective date: October 1, 2023.

Legislative Description

Sexual Battery on Mentally Incapacitated Persons

Last Action

Died in Criminal Justice

5/5/2023

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