Florida legal term
Sexual battery in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Sexual battery” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Sexual battery” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Sexual battery” means oral, anal, or female genital penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or female genital penetration of another by any other object; however, sexual battery does not include an act done for a bona fide medical purpose.(g) “Sexual bestiality” means any sexual act, actual or simulated, between a person and an animal involving the sex organ of the one and the mouth, anus, or female genitals of the other.(h) “Sexual conduct” means actual or simulated sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, or sadomasochis (Fla. Stat. § 775.0847)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Action by victim of repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating violence for protective injunction; dating violence investigations, notice to victims, and reporting; pretrial release violations; public records exemption
- Administration of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) to persons convicted of sexual battery
- Criminal transmission of HIV; procedures; penalties
- Duty to report sexual battery; penalties
- Exposing minors to harmful motion pictures, exhibitions, shows, presentations, or representations
- Harmful materials; sale or distribution to minors or using minors in production prohibited; penalty
- Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of persons less than 16 years of age
- Possession of bulletproof vest while committing certain offenses
- Prohibition of adult entertainment establishment that displays, sells, or distributes materials harmful to minors within 2,500 feet of a school
- Sentence of death or life imprisonment for capital sexual battery; further proceedings to determine sentence
- Sexual misconduct between detention facility employees and inmates; penalties
- Sexual misconduct prohibited; reporting required; penalties
Related terms in the same statutes
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