Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1271 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to campaign communications; amending 2
16	16	s. 106.147, F.S.; prohibiting campaign -related 3
17	17	telephone calls and text messages to specified voters; 4
18	18	requiring candidates and other persons or 5
19	19	organizations to cease immediately all communications 6
20	20	with certain voters; specifying how a voter indicates 7
21	21	that he or she no longer consents to such 8
22	22	communications; authorizing a voter to bring a certain 9
23	23	action in a court of competent jurisdiction; providing 10
24	24	that such voter is entitled to reasonable attorney 11
25	25	fees and costs under a specified circumstance; 12
26	26	specifying applicable penalties; providing an 13
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29	29	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Sta te of Florida: 16
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31	31	Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 106.147, 18
32	32	Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), a new 19
33	33	subsection (4) is added to that section, and present subsection 20
34	34	(4) of that section is amended, to read: 21
35	35	106.147 Text message and telephone solicitation; 22
36	36	disclosure requirements; prohibitions; exemptions; penalties. — 23
37	37	(4)(a) A voter who indicates that he or she does not 24
38	38	consent to receive communications, whether by telephone call or 25
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52	52	section. The candidate, person, or organization responsible for 27
53	53	such communications shall cease all communications with such 28
54	54	voter immediately upon receipt of the voter's indication that he 29
55	55	or she does not consent to receive such co mmunication. For the 30
56	56	purposes of this subsection, a voter may indicate that he or she 31
57	57	no longer consents to receive such communications, in the case 32
58	58	of a telephone call, upon the voter indicating on the call that 33
59	59	he or she no longer wishes to receive such calls, or, in the 34
60	60	case of a text message, upon the voter responding to the text 35
61	61	message with "Stop." 36
62	62	(b) If the candidate, person, or organization does not 37
63	63	cease communicating with the voter after receiving his or her 38
64	64	indication pursuant to paragraph (a) , the voter may bring an 39
65	65	action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the 40
66	66	violation. A voter who successfully enjoins the violation is 41
67	67	entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs. 42
68	68	(5)(a)(4)(a) A Any person who willfully violates this 43
69	69	section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 44
70	70	provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 45
71	71	(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), the term "person" 46
72	72	includes any individual or organization making an independent 47
73	73	expenditure; any candidate; any officer of a ny political 48
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75	75	executive committee; any officer, partner, attorney, or other 50
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89	89	entity; and any agent or other person acting on behalf of a ny 52
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91	91	political party executive committee, or corporation, 54
92	92	partnership, or other business entity. 55
93	93	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 56