SB 1136 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Age as an Element of a Criminal Offense

Summary

Age as an Element of a Criminal Offense; Providing that ignorance of a victim’s age, misrepresentation of a victim’s age, and a bona fide belief concerning a victim’s age are not defenses to certain offenses in which the victim’s age is an element of the offense; providing an exception; revising the age requirements for committing the offenses relating to luring or enticing a child, etc.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Apr 24, 2025

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MODERATE

This bill amends Florida's criminal statutes to strengthen penalties for luring or enticing children by lowering the protected age from 16 to 14 years old and expanding the scope of the offense to include moving a child into or out of a structure. It also updates the Criminal Punishment Code to reclassify several offenses, including luring or enticing a child, from Level 7 to Level 6, and adds new offenses related to healthcare fraud and prescription drug trafficking to the severity ranking chart.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of child protection laws by lowering the age threshold for luring or enticing offenses from 16 to 14 years old and adding 'into or out of' to the definition of the crime's location.

REQUIREMENT

Lowered the age threshold for luring or enticing a child offense from 16 years old to 14 years old in section 787.025.

Expanded the definition of luring or enticing to include moving a child 'into or out of' a structure, dwelling, or conveyance, whereas the previous version only specified 'into'.

Added numerous new offenses to the Criminal Punishment Code Level 6 and Level 7 charts, including healthcare fraud, prescription drug trafficking, and various forms of aggravated assault and battery.

ENFORCEMENT

Reclassified the offense of luring or enticing a child from Level 7 to Level 6 in the Criminal Punishment Code, which may affect sentencing guidelines.

TECHNICAL

Corrected formatting and coding inconsistencies in the Criminal Punishment Code chart, including removing duplicate entries and standardizing felony degree classifications.

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Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0

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Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building

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Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

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Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 04/15/25, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

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Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

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Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

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Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors