Florida House Bill 991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-05 - Died in Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides that journalist's privilege does not apply to defamation claims when defendant is professional journalist or media entity; revises provisions concerning venue for certain actions; provides for attorney fees & costs to prevailing plaintiffs in certain actions; specifies certain persons may not be considered public figures; provides certain allegations are defamatory per se; provides statutory damages to prevailing plaintiffs who are subject of such allegations; creates presumption that statement by anonymous source is presumptively false; provides public figure does not need to show actual malice to prevail in defamation action.

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

Rep. Alex Andrade [R]

Rep. Mike Beltran [R]

Rep. Dean Black [R]

2023-03-14 - House - House Civil Justice Subcommittee (Y: 14 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-05	House	Died in Judiciary Committee
2023-03-14	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2023-03-14	House	Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-14	House	Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-03-10	House	Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
2023-03-07	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-02-28	House	Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-28	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2023-02-28	House	Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee
2023-02-21	House	Filed

H951 (Similar To) 2023-02-21 - Withdrawn prior to introduction
S1220 (Similar To) 2023-05-05 - Died in Rules

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
720	304		Amended Code	See Bill Text
768	295		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	08		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	09		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	105		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	12		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	13		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	15		Amended Code	See Bill Text
90	5015		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/991
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/991/BillText/Filed/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/991/Analyses/h0991.CJS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/991/Analyses/h0991a.CJS.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=67121&IsPCB=0&BillId=77769