Florida HB 1299: Department of Health

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HB 1299 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to caller identification information; 2
creating s. 364.242, F.S.; prohibiting the 3
transmission of misleading or inaccurate caller 4
identification information; requiring a 5
telecommunications company to provide the telephone 6
number and location from which each telephone call 7
originates; requiring a telecommunications company to 8
block all telephone calls and text messages that 9
contain manipulated caller identification information; 10
providing exceptions; providing penalties; creating s. 11
364.243, F.S.; defining the term "STIR/SHAKEN 12
authentication framework"; requiring 13
telecommunications companies to implement a framework 14
to verify and authenticate caller identification 15
information; requiring each telecommunications company 16
to file a certification with the Federal 17
Communications Commission; providing penalties; 18
amending s. 365.176, F.S.; conforming provisions to 19
changes made by the act; providing an effective date. 20
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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Section 1. Section 364.242, Florida Statutes, is created 24
to read: 25

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364.242 Misleading or inaccurate caller identification.— 26
(1) A person may not, in connection with a 27
telecommunications company, cause a caller identification 28
service as defined in s. 365.176 to knowingly transmit 29
misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with 30
the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything 31
of value. 32
(2) A telecommunications company must provide the 33
telephone number and location from which each telephone call 34
originates and must block all telephone calls and text messages 35
that contain manipulated caller identification information that 36
does not match such telephone number or location. 37
(3) This section does not apply to transmissions in 38
connection with: 39
(a) Any authorized activity of a law enforcement agency; 40
or 41
(b) A court order that specifically authorizes 42
manipulation of caller identification information. 43
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The commission shall determine additional exemptions from this 45
section as it deems appropriate. 46
(4) A telecommunications company may be held civilly 47
liable and, notwithstanding s. 364.285(1), subject to a penalty 48
of $250,000 if it is found to be in violation of this section. 49
Section 2. Section 364.243, Florida Statutes, is created 50

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to read: 51
364.243 Authentication framework implementation.— 52
(1) As used in this section, the term "STIR/SHAKEN 53
authentication framework" means the Secure Telephone Identity 54
Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based Handling of Asserted 55
Information Using toKENs (SHAKEN) standards proposed by the 56
information and communications technology industry. 57
(2) By July 1, 2027, the commission shall require every 58
telecommunications company to implement the STIR/SHAKEN 59
authentication framework or alternative technology that provides 60
comparable or superior capability to verify and authenticate 61
caller identification information in the Internet protocol 62
networks of the telecommunications company. 63
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 64
telecommunications company shall file a certification with the 65
Federal Communications Commission that the company's traffic is 66
either digitally verified by the STIR/SHAKEN authentication 67
framework or subject to a compliant automated call mitigation 68
program. The company shall provide a copy of such certification 69
to the Attorney General or the commission upon request. 70
(4) A telecommunications company may be held civilly 71
liable and, notwithstanding s. 364.285(1), subject to a penalty 72
of $250,000 if it is found to be in violation of this section. 73
Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 365.176, Florida 74
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (5) and amended, and a new 75

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subsection (4) is added to that section, to read: 76
365.176 Florida Call-Blocking Act.— 77
(4) Under s. 364.242, providers must block calls that 78
contain manipulated caller identification information that does 79
not match the originating number or location of the call. 80
(5)(4) For purposes of blocking calls from certain 81
originating numbers as authorized and required in this section, 82
a provider may rely on caller identifi