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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to interception and disclosure of 2
wire, oral, or electronic communications; amending s. 3
934.03, F.S.; permitting the intercept and recording 4
of an oral communication by the parent of a child 5
under a specified age in certain circumstances if the 6
recording is provided to a law enforcement agency; 7
permitting the intercept and recording of an oral 8
communication in certain circumstances concerning 9
specified offenses; providing an effective date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Paragraph (l) of subsection (2) of section 14
934.03, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (n), and 15
new paragraphs (l) and (m) are added to that subsection, to 16
read: 17
934.03 Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or 18
electronic communications prohibited. — 19
(2) 20
(l)1. It is lawful under this section and ss. 934.04 -21
934.09 for a parent or legal guardian of a child under 18 years 22
of age to intercept and record an oral communication if the 23
child is a party to the communication and the parent or legal 24
guardian has reasonable grounds to believe that recording the 25
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communication will capture a statement by another party to the 26
communication that the other party intends to commit, is 27
committing, or has committed an unlawful sexual act or an 28
unlawful act of physical force or violence against the child. 29
2. A recording authorized under this paragraph and which 30
captures a statement by a party that the party intends to 31
commit, is committing, or has committed an unlawful sexual act 32
or an unlawful act of physical force or violence against a child 33
must be provided to a law enforcement agency and may be used for 34
the purpose of evidencing th e intent to commit or the commission 35
of an unlawful sexual act or an unlawful act of physical force 36
or violence against a child. A recording authorized under this 37
paragraph may not be otherwise disseminated or shared. 38
(m)1. It is lawful under this sectio n and ss. 934.04-39
934.09 for a person to intercept and record an oral 40
communication if the person is a party to the communication and 41
has reasonable grounds to believe that recording the 42
communication will capture a statement by another party to the 43
communication that the other party intends to commit, is 44
committing, or has committed against the party intercepting and 45
recording the communication an unlawful act of domestic violence 46
under s. 741.30; or repeat violence, sexual violence, or dating 47
violence under s. 784.046. 48
2. A recording authorized under this paragraph may be 49
provided to a law enforcement agency, an attorney, or a court 50
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for the purpose of evidencing that a crime as listed in 51
subparagraph 1. has been committed. A recording authorized under 52
this paragraph may not be otherwise disseminated or shared. 53
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 54