CS/SB 1780: Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary ; Brodeur
Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses; Requiring that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from the Internet within a specified period to limit damages for defamation; providing persons in certain positions relating to newspapers with immunity for defamation if such persons exercise due care to prevent publication or utterance of such a statement; providing venue for damages for a defamation or privacy tort based on material broadcast over radio or television; providing a rebuttable presumption that a publisher of a false statement acted with actual malice in certain circumstances, etc.
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Judiciary (JU)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/5/2024 Senate • Filed
1/11/2024 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
• Introduced
1/31/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/05/24, 2:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2/5/2024 Senate • CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 2
2/6/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Judiciary read 1st time
• Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
• Now in Fiscal Policy
3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Fiscal Policy
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CS/SB 1780, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/6/2024 at 12:15 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 757 (c2) Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses Civil Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died on Second Reading Calendar 
S 1086 Defamation Garcia Compare Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Judiciary
Citations - Statutes (9)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 770.02 Correction, apology, or retraction by newspaper or broadcast station. Page 2 (pdf) 770.04 Civil liability of radio or television broadcasting stations; care to prevent publication or utterance required. Page 3 (pdf) 770.05 Limitation of choice of venue. Page 4 (pdf) 770.06 Adverse judgment in any jurisdiction a bar to additional action. Page 8 (pdf) 770.07 Cause of action, time of accrual. Page 8 (pdf) 770.08 Limitation on recovery of damages. Page 8 (pdf) 770.107 Page 5 (pdf) 770.11 Page 7 (pdf) 770.15 Page 7 (pdf) -
SB 1780, Original Filed Version Posted 1/5/2024 at 8:10 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/2/2024 (pdf)
Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2024 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 757 (c1) Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses Civil Justice Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 3/8/2024 H Died on Second Reading Calendar
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 882282 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Judiciary
(Brodeur)2/2/2024
2:12 PMReplaced by Committee Substitute
2/5/2024Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 2/5/2024 2:30 PM Judiciary 7 Yeas - 2 Nays Citations - Statutes (11)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 90.5015 Journalist’s privilege. Page 2 (pdf) 720.304 Right of owners to peaceably assemble; display of flags; SLAPP suits prohibited. Page 7 (pdf) 768.295 Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) prohibited. Page 9 (pdf) 770.05 Limitation of choice of venue. Page 2 (pdf) 770.08 Limitation on recovery of damages. Page 3 (pdf) 770.09 Page 4 (pdf) 770.105 Page 4 (pdf) 770.11 Page 4 (pdf) 770.12 Page 6 (pdf) 770.13 Page 6 (pdf) 770.15 Page 6 (pdf)