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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 752: Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses

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

SB 752 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses. Primary sponsor: Corey Simon (Republican), Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Rules.

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.

Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses; Requiring that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from any website over which the newspaper, broadcaster, or periodical has control 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; declaring that the continued appearance on any website over which the newspaper, broadcaster, or periodical has control of a published statement determined to be false is deemed to be a new publication of the false statement for certain purposes and that the owner, licensee, or operator is not entitled to a certain privilege, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Corey SimonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
JudiciaryPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Rules
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. Now in Rules
  4. Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
  5. On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/25/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  6. Now in Commerce and Tourism
  7. CS by Judiciary read 1st time
  8. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  9. CS by Judiciary; YEAS 8 NAYS 2
  10. On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/12/25, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  11. Introduced
  12. Referred to Judiciary; Commerce and Tourism; Rules

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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