SB 1178 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Deposing Victims of Certain Offenses

Summary
Deposing Victims of Certain Offenses; Prohibiting the deposing of an individual who, at the time of the request for the deposition, is 17 years of age or younger and has been a victim of human trafficking or specified sexual offenses; requiring a court to issue a protective order for the victim if the court approves a deposition of the victim; authorizing a victim to have counsel and a victim advocate present at the deposition; prohibiting certain self-represented defendants from directly deposing a victim, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Dennis Baxley
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FL
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