---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutes of Limitation for Offenses Relating to Sexual Performance by a Child"
description: "Statutes of Limitation for Offenses Relating to Sexual Performance by a Child; Eliminating statutes of limitations periods for prosecution of specified violations relating to sexual performance by a child if the offender was a certain age at the time of the offense, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1244"
citation: "Florida SB 1244 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-170"
primary_sponsors: ["Criminal Justice", "Gibson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-13"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a65ebe-f4dd-4da0-b0a6-94c2cf3d03b6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1244/ByCategory"
source_hash: "71e53b5c66bf811db8cbd11cda035edcf4ca095b0240d17685c57612101139ff"
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 SB 1244 (2022) — Statutes of Limitation for Offenses Relating to Sexual Performance by a Child

Statutes of Limitation for Offenses Relating to Sexual Performance by a Child; Eliminating statutes of limitations periods for prosecution of specified violations relating to sexual performance by a child if the offender was a certain age at the time of the offense, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-170.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1244 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1244/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1244 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1244/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1244 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1244/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1244 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1244/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Criminal Justice — primary (person)
- Gibson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/01/22, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2022-02-01** CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-01** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-02** Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2022-02-02** CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
- **2022-02-03** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/08/22, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-18** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/23/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-23** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-28** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/22
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Amendment(s) adopted (829124)
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/7/2022)
- **2022-03-04** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2022-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-07** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-06-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-08** Chapter No. 2022-170

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93a65ebe-f4dd-4da0-b0a6-94c2cf3d03b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).