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SB0590 • 2026

Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children

Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children

Children
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Bradley
Last action
2026-05-26
Official status
Chapter No. 2026-95
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children

Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Providing that the period of limitation for offenses related to specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the violation, etc.

What This Bill Does

  • Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Providing that the period of limitation for offenses related to specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the violation, etc.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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853776

Committee amendment S 590 Filed • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Bradley)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 1/20/2026

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • SB 590 Ì853776SÎ853776 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
  • House Comm: RCS .
  • 01/20/2026 .

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-26 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Chapter No. 2026-95

  2. 2026-05-22 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Approved by Governor

  3. 2026-05-21 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. 2026-03-17 Senate

    • Ordered enrolled

  5. 2026-03-10 House

    • Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0

  6. 2026-03-09 House

    • Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  7. 2026-02-19 Senate

    • Read 2nd time -SJ 340 • Read 3rd time -SJ 340 • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 340 • Immediately certified -SJ 356

  8. 2026-02-19 House

    • In Messages

  9. 2026-02-11 Senate

    • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 299

  10. 2026-02-09 Senate

    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26

  11. 2026-02-03 Senate

    • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  12. 2026-01-29 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  13. 2026-01-22 Senate

    • Now in Rules • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time

  14. 2026-01-21 Senate

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

  15. 2026-01-20 Senate

    • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  16. 2026-01-15 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building

  17. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Introduced

  18. 2026-01-12 Senate

    • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

  19. 2026-01-05 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  20. 2025-12-09 Senate

    • Referred to Criminal Justice; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules

  21. 2025-11-19 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Statute of Limitations Period for Violations Involving Required Reports Concerning Children; Providing that the period of limitation for offenses related to specified required reports concerning children does not begin to run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of the violation, etc.

Current Bill Text

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2026

Legislature

CS for SB 590

2026590er
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2 An act relating to the statute of limitations period
3 for violations involving required reports concerning
4 children; amending s. 775.15, F.S.; providing that the
5 period of limitation for offenses related to specified
6 required reports concerning children does not begin to
7 run until a law enforcement agency is made aware of
8 the violation; providing applicability; providing an
9 effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Subsection (23) is added to section 775.15,
14 Florida Statutes, to read:
15 775.15 Time limitations; general time limitations;
16 exceptions.—
17
(23)

If the offense is a violation of s. 39.201, the

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applicable period of limitation does not begin to run until a

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law enforcement agency or other governmental agency, excluding

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any institution where the violation occurs, is made aware of the

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violation.
T
his subsection applies to any offense that is not

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otherwise barred from prosecution on or before July 1, 2026
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23 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.