Provides for the admissibility of a complainant's outcry and disclosures in cases of sexual abuse
Summary
Provides for the admissibility of a complainant's outcry and disclosures in cases of sexual abuse regardless of when the disclosure was made relative to the abuse.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Last action Apr 6, 2026
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MINOR
The bill text was reorganized and renumbered to improve clarity, moving the list of permissible evidence purposes to a new paragraph 1 and deleting the old paragraph 3. This change consolidates the rules on how evidence can be used, removing a redundant section about court balancing tests and streamlining the instructions given to juries.
TECHNICAL
The bill's internal paragraph numbering was restructured, shifting the list of evidence purposes to paragraph 1 and deleting the previous paragraph 3 to eliminate redundancy.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
4
Apr 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 1640B
upper
Apr 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 1640A
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CODES
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
NF
Nathalia Fernández
DDemocratic
Co
George Borrello
RRepublican/Conservative
Co
Rob Rolison
RRepublican
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