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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 199"
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citation: "Florida HB 199 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-81"
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primary_sponsors: ["Davis", "Plakon"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-09-19"
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last_action: "2020-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e80fc7-e53e-4355-8bf2-01553c624668"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "8ba2a5171c7b5a193e9843c958e18c3d267d6e48c356ffe118c32927dbf5b7f8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 199 (2020) — Sexual Battery Prosecution Time Limitation
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-81.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 199 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 199 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 199 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/199/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Justice Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **119–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Davis — primary (person)
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- Plakon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-09-19** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-09-25** Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-15** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-16** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-01-16** CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-20** Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-04** Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-04** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2020-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Sumner Hall
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- **2020-02-12** Favorable by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
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- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** In Messages
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- **2020-03-10** Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Substituted for CS/SB 170
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- **2020-03-10** Received
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- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-81
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## Source
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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).
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