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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to sexually transmissible diseases; 2
providing a short title; amending s. 381.0041, F.S.; 3
reducing the degree of criminal penalty for certain 4
persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency 5
virus (HIV) and who donate blood, plasma, organs, 6
skin, or other human tissue for use in another person; 7
providing an exception; amending s. 384.23, F.S.; 8
defining the terms "sexual conduct" and "substantial 9
risk of transmission"; amending s. 384.24, F.S.; 10
revising prohibitions relating to the intentional 11
transmission of certain diseases through sexual 12
conduct; providing exceptions; defining the term 13
"behavioral recommendations"; providing that a 14
person's failure to comply with behavioral 15
recommendations does not de facto establish intent to 16
transmit a disease; amending s. 384.34, F.S.; revising 17
penalties to conform to changes made by the act; 18
amending s. 775.0877, F.S.; revising requirements for 19
HIV testing in cases involving criminal transmission 20
of HIV; conforming provisions to changes made by the 21
act; amending s. 921.0022, F.S.; conforming a 22
provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 23
960.003, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing 24
an effective date. 25

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "HIV Prevention 29
Justice Act." 30
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (11) of section 31
381.0041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 32
381.0041 Donation and transfer of human tissue; testing 33
requirements.— 34
(11) 35
(b) Except when the donation is deemed medically 36
appropriate by a licensed physician, any person who has human 37
immunodeficiency virus infection, who knows he or she is 38
infected with human immunodeficiency virus, and who has been 39
informed that he or she may communicate this disease by donating 40
blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue who donates 41
blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue for use in 42
another person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree is 43
guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided 44
in s. 775.082 or, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 45
Section 3. Section 384.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to 46
read: 47
384.23 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 48
(1)(2) "County health department" means agencies and 49
entities as designated in chapter 154. 50

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(2)(1) "Department" means the Department of Health. 51
(3) "Sexual conduct" means conduct between persons, 52
regardless of gender, which is capable of transmitting a 53
sexually transmissible disease, including, but not limited to, 54
contact between a: 55
(a) Penis and a vulva or an anus; or 56
(b) Mouth and a penis, a vulva, or an anus. 57
(4) "Sexually transmissible disease" means a bacterial, 58
viral, fungal, or parasitic disease determined by rule of the 59
department to be sexually transmissible, to be a threat to the 60
public health and welfare, and to be a disease for which a 61
legitimate public interest will be served by providing for 62
prevention, elimination, control, and treatment. The department 63
must, by rule, determine which diseases are to be designated as 64
sexually transmissible diseases and shall consider the 65
recommendations and classifications of the Centers for Disease 66
Control and Prevention and other nationally recognized medical 67
authorities in that determination. Not all diseases that are 68
sexually transmissible need be designated for the purposes of 69
this act. 70
(5) "Substantial risk of transmission" means a reasonable 71
probability of disease transmission as proven by competent 72
medical evidence. 73
Section 4. Section 384.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to 74
read: 75

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384.24 Unlawful acts.— 76
(1) It is unlawful for any person who has chancroid, 77
gonorrhea, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, 78
genital herpes simplex, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis 79
(NGU), pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)/acute salpingitis, or 80
syphilis, or human immunodeficiency virus, when such person 81
knows he or she is infected with one or more of these diseases 82
and when such person has been informed that he or she may 83
communicate this disease to another person through sexual 84
conduct intercourse, to act with the intent to transmit the 85
disease, to engage in have sexual conduct that poses a 86
substantial risk of transmission to another person when the 87
intercourse with any other person is unaware that the person is 88
a carrier of the disease, and to transmit the disease to the, 89
unless such other person has been informed of the presence of 90
the sexually transmissible disease and has consented to the 91
sexual intercourse. 92
(2) A person does not act with the intent required under 93
subsection (1) if he or she in good faith complies with a 94
treatment regimen prescribed by his or her health care provider 95
or with the behavioral recommendations of his or her health care 96
provider or public health officials to limit the risk of 97
transmission or if he or she offers to comply with such 98
behavioral recommendations but such offer is rejected by the 99
other person with whom he or she is engaging in sexual conduct. 100

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For purposes of this subsection, the term "behavioral 101
recommendations" includes, but is not limited to, the use of a 102
prophylactic device to limit the risk of transmission of the 103
disease. Evidence of the person's failure to comply with such a 104
treatment regimen or such behavioral recommendations is not, in 105
and of itself, sufficient to establish that he or she acted with 106
the intent required under subsection (1) It is unlawful for any 107
person who has human immunodeficiency virus infection, when such 108
person knows he or she is infected with this disease and when 109
such person has been informed that he or she may communicate 110
this disease to another person through sexual intercourse, to 111
have sexual intercourse with any other person, unless such other 112
person has been informed of the presence of the sexually 113
transmissible disease and has consented to the sexual 114
intercourse. 115
Section 5. Subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of 116
section 384.34, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 117
384.34 Penalties.— 118
(1) Any person who violates s. 384.24 the provisions of s. 119
384.24(1) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable 120
as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 121
(2) Any person who violates the provisions of s. 384.26 or 122
s. 384.29 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable 123
as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 124
(4) Any person who violates the provisions of the 125

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department's rules pertaining to sexually transmissible diseases 126
may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 for each violation. 127
Any penalties enforced under this subsection shall be in 128
addition to other penalties provided by this chapter. The 129
department may enforce this section and adopt rules necessary to 130
administer this section. 131
(5) Any person who violates s. 384.24(2) commits a felony 132
of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 133
775.083, or s. 775.084. Any person who commits multiple 134
violations of s. 384.24(2) commits a felony of the first degree, 135
punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 136
(4)(6) Any person who obtains information that identifies 137
an individual who has a sexually transmissible disease, who knew 138
or should have known the nature of the information, and who 139
maliciously, or for monetary gain, disseminates this information 140
or otherwise makes this information known to any other person, 141
except by providing it either to a physician or nurse employed 142
by the Department of Health or to a law enforcement agency, 143
commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in 144
s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. 145
Section 6. Subsections (1), (3), and (6) of section 146
775.0877, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 147
775.0877 Criminal transmission of HIV; procedures; 148
penalties.— 149
(1) In any case in which a person has been convicted of or 150

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has pled nolo contendere or guilty to, regardless of whether 151
adjudication is withheld, any of the following offenses, or the 152
attempt thereof, which offense or attempted offense involves the 153
transmission of body fluids, with the exception of saliva, from 154
one person to another: 155
(a) Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery; 156
(b) Section 826.04, relating to incest; 157
(c) Section 800.04, relating to lewd or lascivious 158
offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 159
16 years of age; 160
(d) Sections 784.011, 784.07(2)(a), and 784.08(2)(d), 161
relating to assault; 162
(e) Sections 784.021, 784.07(2)(c), and 784.08(2)(b), 163
relating to aggravated assault; 164
(f) Sections 784.03, 784.07(2)(b), and 784.08(2)(c), 165
relating to battery; 166
(g) Sections 784.045, 784.07(2)(d), and 784.08(2)(a), 167
relating to aggravated battery; 168
(h) Section 827.03(2)(c), relating to child abuse; 169
(i) Section 827.03(2)(a), relating to aggravated child 170
abuse; 171
(j) Section 825.102(1), relating to abuse of an elderly 172
person or disabled adult; 173
(k) Section 825.102(2), relating to aggravated abuse of an 174
elderly person or disabled adult; 175

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(l) Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by 176
person less than 18 years of age; 177
(m) Sections 796.07 and 796.08, relating to prostitution; 178
or 179
(n) Section 381.0041(11)(b), relating to donation of 180
blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue; or 181
(n)(o) Section 787.06(3)(b), (d), (f), and (g) and (5), 182
relating to human trafficking, 183
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the court shall order the offender to undergo HIV testing, to be 185
performed under the direction of the Department of Health in 186
accordance with s. 381.004, unless the offender has undergone 187
HIV testing voluntarily or pursuant to procedures established in 188
s. 381.004(2)(h)6. or s. 951.27, or any other applicable law or 189
rule providing for HIV testing of criminal offenders or inmates, 190
subsequent to her or his arrest for an offense enumerated in 191
paragraphs (a)-(m) (a)-(n) for which she or he was convicted or 192
to which she or he pled nolo contendere or guilty. The results 193
of an HIV test performed on an offender pursuant to this 194
subsection are not admissible in any criminal proceeding arising 195
out of the alleged offense. 196
(3) An offender who has undergone HIV testing pursuant to 197
subsection (1), and to whom positive test results have been 198
disclosed pursuant to subsection (2), who commits a second or 199
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(n), commits criminal transmission of HIV, a misdemeanor of the 201
first felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 202
775.082 or, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. A person may be convicted 203
and sentenced separately for a violation of this subsection and 204
for the underlying crime enumerated in paragraphs (1)(a)-(m) 205
(1)(a)-(n). 206
(6) For an alleged violation of any offense enumerated in 207
paragraphs (1)(a)-(m) (1)(a)-(n) for which the consent of the 208
victim may be raised as a defense in a criminal prosecution, it 209
is an affirmative defense to a charge of violating this section 210
that the person exposed knew that the offender was infected with 211
HIV, knew that the action being taken could result in 212
transmission of the HIV infection, and consented to the action 213
voluntarily with that knowledge. 214
Section 7. Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section 215
921.0022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 216
921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity 217
ranking chart.— 218
(3) OFFENSE SEVERITY RANKING CHART 219
(e) LEVEL 5 220
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Florida
Statute
Felony
Degree Description
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316.027(2)(a) 3rd Accidents involving personal

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injuries other than serious
bodily injury, failure to stop;
leaving scene.
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316.1935(3)(a) 2nd Driving at high speed or with
wanton disregard for safety
while fleeing or attempting to
elude law enforcement officer
who is in a patrol vehicle with
siren and lights activated.
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316.80(2) 2nd Unlawful conveyance of fuel;
obtaining fuel fraudulently.
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322.34(6) 3rd Careless operation of motor
vehicle with suspended license,
resulting in death or serious
bodily injury.
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327.30(5)(a)2. 3rd Vessel accidents involving
personal injuries other than
serious bodily injury; leaving
scene.
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365.172 2nd Misuse of emergency

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(14)(b)2. communications system resulting
in death.
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379.365(2)(c)1. 3rd Violation of rules relating to:
willful molestation of stone
crab traps, lines, or buoys;
illegal bartering, trading, or
sale, conspiring or aiding in
such barter, trade, or sale, or
supplying, agreeing to supply,
aiding in supplying, or giving
away stone crab trap tags or
certificates; making, altering,
forging, counterfeiting, or
reproducing stone crab trap
tags; possession of forged,
counterfeit, or imitation stone
crab trap tags; and engaging in
the commercial harvest of stone
crabs while license is
suspended or revoked.
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379.367(4) 3rd Willful molestation of a
commercial harvester's spiny
lobster trap, line, or buoy.

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379.407(5)(b)3. 3rd Possession of 100 or more
undersized spiny lobsters.
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381.0041(11)(b) 3rd Donate blood, plasma, or organs
knowing HIV positive.
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440.10(1)(g) 2nd Failure to obtain workers'
compensation coverage.
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440.105(5) 2nd Unlawful solicitation for the
purpose of making workers'
compensation claims.
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440.381(2) 3rd Submission of false,
misleading, or incomplete
information with the purpose of
avoiding or reducing workers'
compensation premiums.
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624.401(4)(b)2. 2nd Transacting insurance without a
certificate or authority;
premium collected $20,000 or
more but less than $100,000.
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626.902(1)(c) 2nd Representing an unauthorized
insurer; repeat offender.
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790.01(3) 3rd Unlawful carrying of a
concealed firearm.
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790.162 2nd Threat to throw or discharge
destructive device.
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790.163(1) 2nd False report of bomb,
explosive, weapon of mass
destruction, or use of firearms
in violent manner.
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790.221(1) 2nd Possession of short-barreled
shotgun or machine gun.
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790.23 2nd Felons in possession of
firearms, ammunition, or
electronic weapons or devices.
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796.05(1) 2nd Live on earnings of a
prostitute; 1st offense.
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800.04(6)(c) 3rd Lewd or lascivious conduct;

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offender less than 18 years of
age.
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800.04(7)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition;
offender 18 years of age or
older.
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806.111(1) 3rd Possess, manufacture, or
dispense fire bomb with intent
to damage any structure or
property.
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810.145(4) 3rd Commercial digital voyeurism
dissemination.
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810.145(7)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; 2nd or
subsequent offense.
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810.145(8)(a) 2nd Digital voyeurism; certain
minor victims.
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812.014(2)(d)3. 2nd Grand theft, 2nd degree; theft
from 20 or more dwellings or
their unenclosed curtilage, or
any combination.

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812.0145(2)(b) 2nd Theft from person 65 years of
age or older; $10,000 or more
but less than $50,000.
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812.015
(8)(a) & (c)-
(e)
3rd Retail theft; property stolen
is valued at $750 or more and
one or more specified acts.
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812.015(8)(f) 3rd Retail theft; multiple thefts
within specified period.
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812.015(8)(g) 3rd Retail theft; committed with
specified number of other
persons.
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812.019(1) 2nd Stolen property; dealing in or
trafficking in.
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812.081(3) 2nd Trafficking in trade secrets.
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812.131(2)(b) 3rd Robbery by sudden snatching.
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812.16(2) 3rd Owning, operating, or
conducting a chop shop.

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817.034(4)(a)2. 2nd Communications fraud, value
$20,000 to $50,000.
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817.234(11)(b) 2nd Insurance fraud; property value
$20,000 or more but less than
$100,000.
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817.2341(1),
(2)(a) &
(3)(a)
3rd Filing false financial
statements, making false
entries of material fact or
false statements regarding
property values relating to the
solvency of an insuring entity.
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817.568(2)(b) 2nd Fraudulent use of personal
identification information;
value of benefit, services
received, payment avoided, or
amount of injury or fraud,
$5,000 or more or use of
personal identification
information of 10 or more
persons.
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817.611(2)(a) 2nd Traffic in or possess 5 to 14
counterfeit credit cards or
related documents.
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817.625(2)(b) 2nd Second or subsequent fraudulent
use of scanning device,
skimming device, or reencoder.
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825.1025(4) 3rd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
in the presence of an elderly
person or disabled adult.
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828.12(2) 3rd Tortures any animal with intent
to inflict intense pain,
serious physical injury, or
death.
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836.14(4) 2nd Person who willfully promotes
for financial gain a sexually
explicit image of an
identifiable person without
consent.
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839.13(2)(b) 2nd Falsifying records of an
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custody of a state agency
involving great bodily harm or
death.
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843.01(1) 3rd Resist officer with violence to
person; resist arrest with
violence.
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847.0135(5)(b) 2nd Lewd or lascivious exhibition
using computer; offender 18
years or older.
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847.0137
(2) & (3)
3rd Transmission of pornography by
electronic device or equipment.
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847.0138
(2) & (3)
3rd Transmission of material
harmful to minors to a minor by
electronic device or equipment.
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874.05(1)(b) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting
another to join a criminal
gang; second or subsequent
offense.
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874.05(2)(a) 2nd Encouraging or recruiting

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person under 13 years of age to
join a criminal gang.
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893.13(1)(a)1. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs).
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893.13(1)(c)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cannabis (or other s.
893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) drugs)
within 1,000 feet of a child
care facility, school, or
state, county, or municipal
park or publicly owned
recreational facility or
community center.
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893.13(1)(d)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),

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(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs) within 1,000 feet of
university.
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893.13(1)(e)2. 2nd Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cannabis or other drug
prohibited under s.
893.03(1)(c), (2)(c)1.,
(2)(c)2., (2)(c)3., (2)(c)6.,
(2)(c)7., (2)(c)8., (2)(c)9.,
(2)(c)10., (3), or (4) within
1,000 feet of property used for
religious services or a
specified business site.
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893.13(1)(f)1. 1st Sell, manufacture, or deliver
cocaine (or other s.
893.03(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d),
or (2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c)5.
drugs) within 1,000 feet of
public housing facility.
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893.13(4)(b) 2nd Use or hire of minor; deliver
to minor other controlled
substance.

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893.1351(1) 3rd Ownership, lease, or rental for
trafficking in or manufacturing
of controlled substance.
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Section 8. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) and 282
paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 960.003, Florida 283
Statutes, are amended to read: 284
960.003 Hepatitis and HIV testing for persons charged with 285
or alleged by petition for delinquency to have committed certain 286
offenses; disclosure of results to victims.— 287
(2) TESTING OF PERSON CHARGED WITH OR ALLEGED BY PETITION 288
FOR DELINQUENCY TO HAVE COMMITTED CERTAIN OFFENSES.— 289
(a) In any case in which a person has been charged by 290
information or indictment with or alleged by petition for 291
delinquency to have committed any offense enumerated in s. 292
775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n), which involves the 293
transmission of body fluids from one person to another, upon 294
request of the victim or the victim's legal guardian, or of the 295
parent or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, 296
the court shall order such person to undergo hepatitis and HIV 297
testing within 48 hours after the information, indictment, or 298
petition for delinquency is filed. In the event the victim or, 299
if the victim is a minor, the victim's parent or legal guardian 300
requests hepatitis and HIV testing after 48 hours have elapsed 301

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from the filing of the indictment, information, or petition for 302
delinquency, the testing must shall be done within 48 hours 303
after the request. 304
(b) However, when a victim of any sexual offense 305
enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n) is 306
under the age of 18 at the time the offense was committed or 307
when a victim of any sexual offense enumerated in s. 308
775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n) or s. 825.1025 is a 309
disabled adult or elderly person as defined in s. 825.1025 310
regardless of whether the offense involves the transmission of 311
bodily fluids from one person to another, then upon the request 312
of the victim or the victim's legal guardian, or of the parent 313
or legal guardian, the court shall order such person to undergo 314
hepatitis and HIV testing within 48 hours after the information, 315
indictment, or petition for delinquency is filed. In the event 316
the victim or, if the victim is a minor, the victim's parent or 317
legal guardian requests hepatitis and HIV testing after 48 hours 318
have elapsed from the filing of the indictment, information, or 319
petition for delinquency, the testing must shall be done within 320
48 hours after the request. The testing must shall be performed 321
under the direction of the Department of Health in accordance 322
with s. 381.004. The results of a hepatitis and HIV test 323
performed on a defendant or juvenile offender pursuant to this 324
subsection are not shall not be admissible in any criminal or 325
juvenile proceeding arising out of the alleged offense. 326

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(3) DISCLOSURE OF RESULTS.— 327
(a) The results of the test must shall be disclosed no 328
later than 2 weeks after the court receives such results, under 329
the direction of the Department of Health, to the person charged 330
with or alleged by petition for delinquency to have committed or 331
to the person convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for any 332
offense enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m) s. 775.0877(1)(a)-333
(n), which involves the transmission of body fluids from one 334
person to another, and, upon request, to the victim or the 335
victim's legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the 336
victim if the victim is a minor, and to public health agencies 337
pursuant to s. 775.0877. If the alleged offender is a juvenile, 338
the test results must shall also be disclosed to the parent or 339
guardian. When the victim is a victim as described in paragraph 340
(2)(b), the test results must also be disclosed no later than 2 341
weeks after the court receives such results, to the person 342
charged with or alleged by petition for delinquency to have 343
committed or to the person convicted of or adjudicated 344
delinquent for any offense enumerated in s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(m) 345
s. 775.0877(1)(a)-(n), or s. 825.1025 regardless of whether the 346
offense involves the transmission of bodily fluids from one 347
person to another, and, upon request, to the victim or the 348
victim's legal guardian, or the parent or legal guardian of the 349
victim, and to public health agencies pursuant to s. 775.0877. 350
Otherwise, hepatitis and HIV test results obtained pursuant to 351

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this section are confidential and exempt from the provisions of 352
s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and 353
may shall not be disclosed to any other person except as 354
expressly authorized by law or court order. 355
Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 356