ORLANDO, Fla. – Donna’s Law, a bill that does away with the statute of limitations for sexual assaults involving victims who are minors, was recently signed into Florida law by Gov.
Ron DeSantis.Sen. Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) sponsored the bill in the Senate to help people like Orlando resident Donna Hedrick, who was sexually abused by a high school choral teacher in the early 1970s.Hedrick kept the painful secret to herself for decades, long past the four years victims between 16 and 17 years old have to report a sexual assault. “I was two weeks past my 15th birthday,” Hedrick told News 6 in November. “From now on if someone abuses children sexually, they will never stop looking over their shoulder.