Florida Statutes Title XLVI Chapter 794 - Sexual Battery

• 794.005 - Legislative Findings And Intent As To Basic Charge Of Sexual Battery.
  The Legislature finds that the least serious sexual battery offense, which is provided in s. 794.011(5), was intended, and remains intended, to serve as the...
• 794.011 - Sexual Battery.
  (1) As used in this chapter:(a) “Consent” means intelligent, knowing, and voluntary consent and does not include coerced submission. “Consent” shall not be deemed or construed to...
• 794.0115 - Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender; Mandatory Sentencing.
  (1) This section may be cited as the “Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender Act.”(2) Any person who is convicted of a violation of s. 787.025(2)(c); s. 794.011(2), (3),...
• 794.02 - Common-law Presumption Relating To Age Abolished.
  The common-law rule “that a boy under 14 years of age is conclusively presumed to be incapable of committing the crime of rape” shall not...
• 794.021 - Ignorance Or Belief As To Victim’s Age No Defense.
  When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense....
• 794.022 - Rules Of Evidence.
  (1) The testimony of the victim need not be corroborated in a prosecution under s. 794.011.(2) Specific instances of prior consensual sexual activity between the victim and...
• 794.023 - Sexual Battery By Multiple Perpetrators; Reclassification Of Offenses.
  (1) The Legislature finds that an act of sexual battery, when committed by more than one person, presents a great danger to the public and is...
• 794.0235 - Administration Of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (Mpa) To Persons Convicted Of Sexual Battery.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the court:(a) May sentence a defendant to be treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), according to a schedule of administration monitored by the...
• 794.024 - Unlawful To Disclose Identifying Information.
  (1) A public employee or officer who has access to the photograph, name, or address of a person who is alleged to be the victim of...
• 794.026 - Civil Right Of Action For Communicating The Identity Of A Sexual Crime Victim.
  (1) An entity or individual who communicates to others, prior to open judicial proceedings, the name, address, or other specific identifying information concerning the victim of...
• 794.027 - Duty To Report Sexual Battery; Penalties.
  A person who observes the commission of the crime of sexual battery and who:(1) Has reasonable grounds to believe that he or she has observed the...
• 794.03 - Unlawful To Publish Or Broadcast Information Identifying Sexual Offense Victim.
  No person shall print, publish, or broadcast, or cause or allow to be printed, published, or broadcast, in any instrument of mass communication the name,...
• 794.05 - Unlawful Sexual Activity With Certain Minors.
  (1) A person 24 years of age or older who engages in sexual activity with a person 16 or 17 years of age commits a felony...
• 794.052 - Sexual Battery; Notification Of Victim’s Rights And Services.
  (1) A law enforcement officer who investigates an alleged sexual battery shall:(a) Assist the victim in obtaining medical treatment, if medical treatment is necessary as a result...
• 794.055 - Access To Services For Victims Of Sexual Battery.
  (1) This section may be cited by the popular name, the “Sexual Battery Victims’ Access to Services Act.”(2) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Crisis-intervention services” means...
• 794.056 - Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund.
  (1) The Rape Crisis Program Trust Fund is created within the Department of Health for the purpose of providing funds for rape crisis centers in this...
• 794.075 - Sexual Predators; Erectile Dysfunction Drugs.
  (1) A person may not possess a prescription drug, as defined in s. 499.003(43), for the purpose of treating erectile dysfunction if the person is designated...
• 794.08 - Female Genital Mutilation.
  (1) As used in this section, the term “female genital mutilation” means the circumcising, excising, or infibulating, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia...
• 794.09 - Forfeiture Of Retirement Benefits.
  The retirement benefits of a person convicted of a felony committed on or after October 1, 2008, under this chapter are subject to forfeiture in...

Last modified: September 23, 2016