Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/CS/SB 2026
Amendment No. 508679
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
.
.
.






1Representative Kravitz offered the following:
2
3     Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
4     Remove lines 206-233 and insert:
5     (b)  Enable a user to select a particular point on a map
6and identify sexual predators and sexual offenders at specified
7distances from the selected point.
8     Section 3. Internet access provider; parental controls.--
9     (1)  For purposes of this section, the term "Internet
10access provider" means any entity which, as one of its primary
11business activities, provides consumers with access to the
12Internet. The term does not include commercial mobile radio
13service providers as defined in s. 364.02.
14     (2)  If an Internet access provider knows or has reasonable
15cause to believe that a subscriber resides within this state,
16the provider shall make available to the subscriber a product or
17service that enables the subscriber to regulate a minor's use of
18the service to access the Internet if such a product or service
19is reasonably and commercially available for the technology used
20by the subscriber to access the Internet. The product or service
21must, subject to such availability, enable the subscriber to do
22the following:
23     (a)  Block access to specific websites or domains
24disapproved by the subscriber.
25     (b)  Restrict access to specific websites or domains deemed
26appropriate by the subscriber or the Internet access provider.
27     (c)  Allow the subscriber to control a minor's use of the
28Internet remotely through the use of online capability or
29monitor a minor's use of the Internet by providing a report to
30the subscriber of the specific websites or domains that the
31minor has visited or has attempted to visit but could not access
32because the websites or domains were blocked or restricted by
33the subscriber.
34     (3)  For the purposes of subsection (2), an Internet access
35provider shall be deemed to know that a subscriber resides
36within this state if the subscriber identifies this state as his
37or her place of residence at the time of subscription.
38     (4)  If a product or service described in subsection (2) is
39reasonably and commercially available for the technology used by
40the subscriber to access the Internet, the Internet access
41provider:
42     (a)  Shall make available to the subscriber, at or near the
43time of subscription, information concerning the availability of
44the product or service described in subsection (2).
45     (b)  May make the product or service described in
46subsection (2) available to the subscriber either directly or
47through a third-party vendor.
48     Section 4.  (1)(a)  An interactive computer service, as
49defined in s. 668.602, Florida Statutes, shall, upon the request
50of any law enforcement agency investigating an offense listed in
51s. 775.21(4)(a)1., Florida Statutes, or s. 943.0435(1)(a)1.,
52Florida Statutes, that involves a minor victim, take all
53necessary steps to preserve records and all other evidence in
54its possession pending issuance of a court order or other legal
55process. The interactive computer service shall comply with the
56request as soon as possible following receipt.
57     (b)  Records and evidence referred to in paragraph (a)
58shall be retained for a period of 90 days, which shall be
59extended for an additional 90-day period upon a renewed request
60by the law enforcement agency.
61     (2)  In connection with any criminal investigation
62regarding an offense listed in s. 775.21(4)(a)1., Florida
63Statutes, or s. 943.0435(1)(a)1., Florida Statutes, that
64involves a minor victim and that involves immediate danger of
65death or serious bodily harm, a law enforcement agency in this
66state may issue a request, without compulsory legal process or
67court order, to an interactive computer service to disclose,
68consistent with 18 U.S.C. s. 2702(c)(4), the information
69identified in 18 U.S.C. s. 2703(c)(2). The service shall
70communicate with the requesting agency to discuss the nature of
71the request and to coordinate an appropriate response
72immediately and without delay.
73     (3)  Subsections (1) and (2) shall be interpreted in a
74manner consistent with the requirements of federal law that
75apply to providers of an electronic communications service,
76including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. ss. 2701 et seq. and 42
77U.S.C. s. 13032.
78     Section 5.  Section 847.0141, Florida Statutes, is created
79to read:
80     847.0141  Reporting child pornography violations.--An
81interactive computer service, as defined s. 668.602, that is
82doing business in this state that obtains knowledge of facts or
83circumstances from which a violation of any law in this state
84prohibiting child pornography is apparent shall make a report,
85as soon as reasonably possible, of such facts or circumstances
86to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
87consistent with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. s. 13032.
88     Section 6.  Section 943.0437, Florida Statutes, is amended
89to read:
90     943.0437  Commercial social networking websites.--
91     (1)  For the purpose of this section, the term:
92     (a)  "Commercial social networking website" means a
93commercially operated Internet website that allows users to
94create web pages or profiles that provide information about
95themselves and are available publicly or to other users and that
96offers a mechanism for communication with other users, such as a
97forum, chat room, electronic mail, or instant messenger.
98     (b)  "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as
99provided in s. 668.602.
100     (2)  The department may provide information relating to
101electronic mail addresses and instant message names maintained
102as part of the sexual offender registry to interactive computer
103services, commercial social networking websites, or third
104parties designated by commercial social networking websites.
105Each interactive computer service and The commercial social
106networking website may use this information for the purpose of
107comparing registered users and screening potential users of its
108interactive computer service or the commercial social networking
109website against the list of electronic mail addresses and
110instant message names provided by the department.
111     (3)  This section shall not be construed to impose any
112civil liability on an interactive computer service or a
113commercial social networking website for:
114     (a)  Any action voluntarily taken in good faith to remove
115or disable any profile of a registered user associated with an
116electronic mail address or instant message name contained in the
117state sexual offender registry or the National Sex Offender
118Registry.
119     (b)  Any action taken to restrict access by such registered
120user to an interactive computer service or a the commercial
121social networking website.
122     (c)  Failing to take any action to restrict access by a
123registered user described in paragraph (a) to an interactive
124computer service or a commercial social networking website.
125
126====== D I R E C T O R Y  A M E N D M E N T =====
127     Remove lines 171-173 and insert:
128     Section 2.  Effective December 1, 2008, subsection (1) of
129section 943.043, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection
130(6) is added to that section, to read:
131
-----------------------------------------------------
132
-----------------------------------------------------
133
T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
134     Remove lines 18-23 and insert:
135features must be available on the Internet; defining the term
136"Internet access provider"; requiring providers to make
137available to customers in this state a product or service that
138enables the subscriber to regulate a minor's use of the service
139to access the Internet if certain conditions exist; providing
140requirements for such a product or service; requiring that
141interactive computer services take necessary steps to preserve
142records and evidence upon request of law enforcement agencies
143investigating specified crimes involving minor victims;
144requiring retention of such records and information for
145specified periods; providing for compliance without compulsory
146legal process in investigations of certain offenses involving
147minor victims involving immediate danger of death or serious
148bodily harm; providing for construction of provisions in a
149manner consistent with specified federal laws; creating s.
150847.0141, F.S.; requiring interactive computer services to make
151certain reports when a violation of child pornography laws is
152evident to such service; amending s. 943.0437, F.S.; adopting a
153definition of "interactive computer service"; authorizing the
154Department of Law Enforcement to provide interactive computer
155services certain information; providing that interactive
156computers services are not liable for taking or failing to take
157certain actions based on a registered user's association with an
158electronic mail address or instant message name contained in
159certain sex offender registries; amending s.


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.