Florida Senate Bill 812 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1826 (Ch. 2021-189)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Specifying that an out-of-court statement made by a certain adult victim describing specified acts of human trafficking when he or she was a child is admissible in evidence in civil or criminal proceedings if certain criteria are met; prohibiting the inclusion of depositions in the prosecution of a human trafficking crime; authorizing a court to grant a defendant accused of human trafficking an extension if the defendant demonstrates, upon a showing of need to call witnesses or alibi defenses, that such an extension is necessary after the filing of a demand for a speedy trial by the state attorney, etc.

Human Trafficking

Sen. Lauren Book [D]	Sen. Ana Rodriguez [R]	Sen. Linda Stewart [D]	Sen. Tina Polsky [D]
Sen. Lori Berman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	Senate	Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1826 (Ch. 2021-189)
2021-03-02	Senate	Introduced
2021-02-04	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
2021-01-26	Senate	Filed

H523 (Similar To) 2021-04-22 - Laid on Table; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 1826 (Ch. 2021-189)
S1826 (Similar To) 2021-07-06 - Chapter No. 2021-189

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
787	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text
90	803		Amended Code	See Bill Text
948	30		Amended Code	See Bill Text
960	0015		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/812
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/812/BillText/Filed/HTML