---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation"
description: "Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation; Designates act \"Donna's Law\"; creates exception to general time limitations allowing prosecution to be commenced at any time for specified sexual battery offenses against victims younger than a certain age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "Florida HB 199 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-81"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Plakon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-09-19"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e80fc7-e53e-4355-8bf2-01553c624668"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8ba2a5171c7b5a193e9843c958e18c3d267d6e48c356ffe118c32927dbf5b7f8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 199 (2020) — Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation

Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation; Designates act "Donna's Law"; creates exception to general time limitations allowing prosecution to be commenced at any time for specified sexual battery offenses against victims younger than a certain age.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-81.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 199 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 199 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 199 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Plakon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-09-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-09-25** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- **2020-01-16** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-01-16** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-01-20** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** In Messages
- **2020-03-10** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 170
- **2020-03-10** Received
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-81

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46e80fc7-e53e-4355-8bf2-01553c624668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).