Florida Senate - 2025 SB 588 By Senator Leek 7-00541A-25 2025588__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to campaign communications; amending 3 s. 106.147, F.S.; prohibiting campaign-related 4 telephone calls and text messages to specified voters; 5 requiring candidates and other persons or 6 organizations to cease immediately all communications 7 with certain voters; specifying how a voter indicates 8 that he or she no longer consents to such 9 communications; authorizing a voter to bring a certain 10 action in a court of competent jurisdiction; providing 11 that such voter is entitled to reasonable attorney 12 fees and costs under a specified circumstance; 13 specifying applicable penalties; providing an 14 effective date. 15 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17 18 Section 1.Present subsection (4) of section 106.147, 19 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), a new 20 subsection (4) is added to that section, and present subsection 21 (4) of that section is amended, to read: 22 106.147Text message and telephone solicitation; disclosure 23 requirements; prohibitions; exemptions; penalties. 24 (4)(a)A voter who indicates that he or she does not 25 consent to receive communications, whether by telephone call or 26 text message, may not be sent any communication pursuant to this 27 section. The candidate, person, or organization responsible for 28 such communications shall cease all communications with such 29 voter immediately upon receipt of the voters indication that he 30 or she does not consent to receive such communication. For the 31 purposes of this subsection, a voter may indicate that he or she 32 no longer consents to receive such communications, in the case 33 of a telephone call, upon the voter indicating on the call that 34 he or she no longer wishes to receive such calls, or, in the 35 case of a text message, upon the voter responding to the text 36 message with Stop. 37 (b)If the candidate, person, or organization does not 38 cease communicating with the voter after receiving his or her 39 indication pursuant to paragraph (a), the voter may bring an 40 action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the 41 violation. A voter who successfully enjoins the violation is 42 entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs. 43 (5)(a)(4)(a)A Any person who willfully violates this 44 section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 45 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 46 (b)For purposes of paragraph (a), the term person 47 includes any individual or organization making an independent 48 expenditure; any candidate; any officer of any political 49 committee, affiliated party committee, or political party 50 executive committee; any officer, partner, attorney, or other 51 representative of a corporation, partnership, or other business 52 entity; and any agent or other person acting on behalf of any 53 candidate, political committee, affiliated party committee, 54 political party executive committee, or corporation, 55 partnership, or other business entity. 56 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.