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Duties and Prohibited Acts Associated with Death

It became law on Apr 29, 2024.

FL HB 1653 · House Bill · 2024

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Became law
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Sponsors
3
Latest action
Apr 29, 2024

What it does

Duties and Prohibited Acts Associated with Death; Authorizes report regarding specified deaths & circumstances to be made to law enforcement agency in addition to medical examiner; increases criminal penalty for failing or refusing to report death or for refusing to make available certain information with intent to conceal death or alter evidence & circumstances surrounding death; increases criminal penalty for willfully touching, removing, or disturbing body without order from office of district medical examiner with intent to conceal death or alter evidence & circumstances surrounding death.

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Apr 29, 2024

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