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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to interception and disclosure of oral 2
communications; amending s. 934.03, F.S.; authorizing 3
the interception and recording of an oral 4
communication by the parent or legal guardian of a 5
child under a specified age under certain 6
circumstances; requiring that the recording be 7
provided to a law enforcement agency; prohibiting any 8
further dissemination or sharing of the recording; 9
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. Present paragraph (l) of subsection (2) of 14
section 934.03, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph 15
(m), and a new paragraph (l) is added to that subsect ion, 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 part y 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 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 the intent to commit or the commissi on 35
of a crime specified in subparagraph 1. against a child. A 36
recording authorized under this paragraph may not be otherwise 37
disseminated or shared. 38
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 39