Florida Senate Bill 1086 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Providing proper venue in a county where defamatory material was accessed by a third party; providing that publication of certain media forms the basis of a defamation action; designating the "Protection of Public Figures from False Narratives and Defamation Law"; prohibiting journalists and media outlets from knowingly publishing or disseminating a false narrative or defamatory material about a public figure; providing an alternative standard of proof for actions where the defendant does not identify the source of the defamatory material or when the defamatory action is unrelated to a plaintiff's status as a public figure, etc.

Defamation

Sen. Ileana Garcia [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2024-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2024-01-04	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2023-12-27	Senate	Filed

H757 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died on Second Reading Calendar
S1780 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Fiscal Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
770	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	09		Amended Code	See Bill Text
770	11		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1086
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1086/BillText/Filed/HTML