SB 1780

  • Florida Senate Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 11, 2024
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses

Abstract

Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses; Requiring that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from the Internet within a specified period to limit damages for defamation; providing persons in certain positions relating to newspapers with immunity for defamation if such persons exercise due care to prevent publication or utterance of such a statement; providing venue for damages for a defamation or privacy tort based on material broadcast over radio or television; providing a rebuttable presumption that a publisher of a false statement acted with actual malice in certain circumstances, etc.

Bill Sponsors (2)

Votes


Actions


Mar 08, 2024

Senate

Died in Fiscal Policy

Feb 06, 2024

Senate

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

Senate

CS by Judiciary read 1st time

Senate

Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Senate

Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy

Senate

Now in Fiscal Policy

Feb 05, 2024

Senate

CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 2

Jan 31, 2024

Senate

On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

Jan 11, 2024

Senate

Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy

Senate

Introduced

Jan 05, 2024

Senate

Filed

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
S 1780 Filed PDF HTML
S 1780 c1 PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
882282 - Amendment (Delete All) to S 1780 Filed PDF HTML
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Post-Meeting) (2/6/2024 10:58 AM) PDF
Bill Analysis -- Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) (2/2/2024 1:57 PM) PDF

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