Senate Bill 2005 Summary

• Creates "Marissa's Law" to establish mandatory minimum sentences for kidnapping, rape, and sexual battery of children under age 16, with no suspension or deferral of the minimum sentence allowed.

• Amends kidnapping statute to require minimum 3-year sentence (maximum 30 years) for child victims under age 16, with the minimum sentence not suspendable or deferrable.

• Amends rape statute to require minimum 3-year sentence for victims under age 16 when jury fails to impose life imprisonment, with the minimum sentence not suspendable or deferrable.

• Amends sexual battery statute to require minimum 3-year sentence for victims under age 16, with the minimum sentence not suspendable or deferrable.

• Creates new supervised probation requirement of 5-20 years for sex offenders whose sentences are deferred or suspended, with court review every 3 years and state burden to prove offender should remain on probation after initial 5 years; effective July 1, 2018.