Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary provided does not include specific details about the effective date or other legislative actions beyond the summary.

Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications

This bill allows a person to legally record an oral communication if they are part of the conversation and have reasonable grounds to believe it will capture evidence of domestic violence.

What This Bill Does

• Allows a person to intercept and record an oral communication if they are a party to that conversation and have reasonable grounds to believe the recording will capture evidence of domestic violence.
• Limits the use of intercepted communications to proving acts of domestic violence, allowing them to be provided to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, or courts.

Who It Names or Affects

• People involved in conversations that might involve domestic violence
• Law enforcement agencies
• Courts

Terms To Know

Domestic Violence

Abuse or violent behavior between people who are related, living together, or dating.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not allow recordings to be shared for any reason other than proving domestic violence.
• It is unclear how this will affect privacy laws and the use of recorded evidence in court cases beyond the scope of domestic violence.

Official Summary Text

Interception and Disclosure of Oral Communications; Authorizes person to intercept & record oral communication if person is party to communication & certain conditions are met; limits use of intercepted communication to evidencing act of domestic violence.

Current Bill Text

HB 771 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the interception and disclosure of 2
oral communications; amending s. 934.03, F.S.; 3
authorizing a person to intercept and record an oral 4
communication if the person is a party to the 5
communication and certain conditions are met; limiting 6
the use of the intercepted communication to evidencing 7
an act of domestic violence; providing an effective 8
date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Paragraph (n) is added to subsection (2) of 13
section 934.03, Florida Statutes, to read: 14
934.03 Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or 15
electronic communications prohibited.— 16
(2) 17
(n) It is lawful under this section and ss. 934.04-934.09 18
for a person to intercept and record an oral communication if 19
the person is a party to the communication and the person has 20
reasonable grounds to believe that the recording will capture 21
evidence of domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28. A 22
recording authorized under this paragraph may be provided to a 23
law enforcement agency, an attorney, or a court for the purpose 24
of evidencing an act of domestic violence. Such recording may 25

HB 771 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

not be otherwise disseminated or shared. 26
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 27