Florida Senate - 2023 SB 510 By Senator Burgess 23-01300-23 2023510__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to a duty of candor to alleged 3 victims; creating s. 960.0023, F.S.; requiring certain 4 persons to disclose their identity and, if 5 representing or working on behalf of another, the 6 identity of that other person and his or her relation 7 to that person when contacting an alleged victim of a 8 crime or a delinquent act to obtain information 9 relating to the alleged victim or the crime or 10 delinquent act; providing criminal penalties; 11 providing an effective date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1. Section 960.0023, Florida Statutes, is created 16 to read: 17 960.0023 Duty of candor to an alleged victim.—A person who 18 has been arrested or charged with a crime or a delinquent act, 19 as well as that person’s attorney or agent, who contacts the 20 alleged victim to obtain information relating to the alleged 21 victim of the crime or delinquent act must disclose his or her 22 identity and, in the case of an attorney or agent, the identity 23 of the person he or she represents or on whose behalf he or she 24 is working and his or her relation to that person. A person who 25 violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second 26 degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 27 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2023.