Florida SB 1446: Interstate Education Compacts

Bill Text

1446 
Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications 
2026-01-08T08:08:19Z 
Authorizing a person to intercept and record an oral communication if the person is a party to the communication and certain conditions are met; limiting the use of the intercepted communication to evidencing an act of domestic violence, 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 1446 

 By Senator Rouson 

 16-01197A-26 20261446__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the interception and disclosure of 
 3 oral communications; amending s. 934.03, F.S.; 
 4 authorizing a person to intercept and record an oral 
 5 communication if the person is a party to the 
 6 communication and certain conditions are met; limiting 
 7 the use of the intercepted communication to evidencing 
 8 an act of domestic violence; providing an effective 
 9 date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Paragraph (n) is added to subsection (2) of 
 14 section 934.03, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 15 934.03 Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or 
 16 electronic communications prohibited.— 
 17 (2) 
 18 (n) It is lawful under this section and ss. 934.04-934.09 
 19 for a person to intercept and record an oral communication if 
 20 the person is a party to the communication and the person has 
 21 reasonable grounds to believe that the recording will capture 
 22 evidence of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28. A 
 23 recording authorized under this paragraph may be provided to a 
 24 law enforcement agency, an attorney, or a court for the purpose 
 25 of evidencing an act of domestic violence. Such recording may 
 26 not be otherwise disseminated or shared. 
 27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.