Florida House Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 37 (Ch.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Penalizes failure of caregiver, by culpable negligence, to make contact with child under specified age in his or her care for certain period & to immediately report child as missing to law enforcement after that period expires without contact in certain circumstances; provides enhanced criminal penalties in certain circumstances; requires caregiver of minor child to report child's death to law enforcement agency within specified period in certain circumstances; requires caregiver of minor child to report location of child's corpse to law enforcement agency within specified period in certain circumstances; provides that reporting time period do not run in certain circumstances; prohibits knowingly making false reports.

Offenses by Caregivers of Minor Children

Sen. Dwight Bullard [D]

Sen. Darryl Rouson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 37 (Ch.
2012-01-10		Introduced -HJ 27
2011-10-17		Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 27
2011-10-04		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
837	055		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/259
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0259/BillText/Filed/HTML