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.
Effective Date: 7/1/2024
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Fiscal Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Judiciary (JU)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
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 |
