| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to 911 calls; prohibiting the publication |
| 3 | or broadcast of recordings of calls to 911 emergency |
| 4 | services made by minors; prohibiting the publication or |
| 5 | broadcast of recordings of such calls made by adults |
| 6 | unless the voices of all persons recorded are obscured or |
| 7 | masked so as to render the persons recorded |
| 8 | unidentifiable; providing construction; providing criminal |
| 9 | penalties; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Publishing or broadcasting certain recordings |
| 14 | of 911 calls.- |
| 15 | (1) A person may not publish or broadcast, or cause or |
| 16 | allow to be published or broadcast, through any means of mass |
| 17 | communication, including, but not limited to, radio, television, |
| 18 | and the Internet, a recording of a call to a telephone emergency |
| 19 | service such as "911": |
| 20 | (a) Made by a minor. |
| 21 | (b) Made by an adult unless the voices of all persons |
| 22 | recorded are obscured or masked so as to render the persons |
| 23 | recorded unidentifiable. |
| 24 | (2) This section may not be construed to abridge the |
| 25 | rights of any person that are protected by the First Amendment |
| 26 | to the Constitution of the United States or s. 4, Art. I of the |
| 27 | State Constitution. |
| 28 | (3) Any person who violates this section commits a |
| 29 | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. |
| 30 | 775.082 or s. 775.083, Florida Statutes. |
| 31 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2011. |