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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 667: Liability for Defamatory Statements

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 667 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Liability for Defamatory Statements. Primary sponsor: J.J. Grow (Republican), Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee. It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Judiciary Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Liability for Defamatory Statements; Requires that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from specified websites within specified period to limit damages for defamation; provides persons in certain positions relating to newspapers with immunity for defamation if such persons exercise due care to prevent publication of defamatory statement.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
J.J. GrowPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Civil Justice & Claims SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Kim DanielsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Kim KendallCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Michele RaynerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Judiciary Committee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Judiciary Committee
  4. Referred to Judiciary Committee
  5. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  6. CS Filed
  7. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  8. Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  9. Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  10. Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
  11. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  12. Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source