Florida SB 1490: Public Officers and Employees

Bill Text

1490 
Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim 
2026-01-08T10:05:28Z 
Requiring specified persons acting on behalf of a criminal defendant to file a specified notice within a specified timeframe before contacting a victim in a criminal proceeding for a specified purpose; requiring that such notice be filed on a standard form developed by the state attorney in each judicial circuit, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1490 

 By Senator Garcia 

 36-00785A-26 20261490__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to required notice of intent to 
 3 contact a victim; creating s. 914.18, F.S.; requiring 
 4 specified persons acting on behalf of a criminal 
 5 defendant to file a specified notice within a 
 6 specified timeframe before contacting a victim in a 
 7 criminal proceeding for a specified purpose; providing 
 8 applicability; requiring that such notice be filed on 
 9 a standard form developed by the state attorney in 
 10 each judicial circuit; providing an effective date. 
 11 
 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 13 
 14 Section 1. Section 914.18, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 15 read: 
 16 914.18 Required notice of intent to contact victim.— 
 17 (1) Before any attorney, investigator, or other agent 
 18 acting on behalf of a criminal defendant may contact a victim 
 19 for the purpose of obtaining information relating to a pending 
 20 criminal proceeding, he or she must file a notice of intent to 
 21 contact the victim within 72 hours before making, or attempting 
 22 to make, such contact. This subsection does not apply to contact 
 23 with a victim which occurs during a court proceeding or 
 24 deposition. 
 25 (2) The notice required under subsection (1) must be filed 
 26 on a standard form developed and made available by the state 
 27 attorney in each judicial circuit. 
 28 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.