Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 D · 3 R cosponsors

HB 781 — Cyberintimidation by Publication

Last action — Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Cyberintimidation by Publication; Requires that specified information has been electronically published without consent in order to constitute violation; removes requirement that an offender intend that person be placed in reasonable fear of bodily harm when making threat or harassing person; increases criminal penalty for violation; creates civil cause of action; requires clear & convincing standard of evidence in such actions.

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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 HB 781 2025 A bill to be entitled An act relating to cyberintimidation by publication;
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 CS/HB 781 2025 A bill to be entitled An act relating to cyberintimidation by publication;
deleting the requirement that a person be placed in reasonable fear of bodily harm for a threat to fall within the statute;
requiring that specified information has been electronically published without consent in order to constitute a violation;
increasing the criminal penalty for violation;
removing the requirement that an offender intend that a person be placed in reasonable fear of bodily harm when making a threat or harassing the person;
authorizing a civil action for violation;
increasing the criminal penalty for a violation;
providing a clear and convincing standard of proof for plaintiffs in such actions;
creating a civil cause of action;
requiring a clear and convincing standard of evidence in such actions;
836.115 Cyberintimidation by publication.— (2) It is unlawful for a person to electronically publish another person's personal identification information with the intent to, or with the intent that a third party will use the information to:
836.115 Cyberintimidation by publication.— (2) It is unlawful for A person may not to electronically publish another person's personal identification information, without such person's consent, and with the intent to, or with the intent that a third party will use the information to:
(a) Incite violence or commit a crime against the person;
(a) With the intent to harass, threaten, or incite the commission of violence or commit a crime against the person Page 1 of 2 CODING:
or (b) Threaten or harass the person, placing such person in reasonable fear of bodily harm.
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hb781-00 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 HB 781 2025 A person who violates this subsection commits a felony misdemeanor of the third a first degree, punishable as provided in s.
hb781-01-c1 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 CS/HB 781 2025 whose information is published;
or (b) With the intent or knowledge that the information will be used by a third party to threaten or harass, threaten, or facilitate the commission of violence against the person whose information is published, placing such person in reasonable fear of bodily harm.
A person who violates this subsection commits a felony misdemeanor of the third a first degree, punishable as provided in s.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.
hb781-00
hb781-01-c1
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Action History

  1. Died in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda

  4. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  5. Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  6. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  7. Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  8. CS Filed

  9. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  10. Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  11. Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  12. PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda

  13. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  14. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  15. Referred to Judiciary Committee

  16. Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

  17. Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  18. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 155 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (155)

155 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee)

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 11000
Democrat 4000
Total 15000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Greco, Sam Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Partington, Bill Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 781 do?
Cyberintimidation by Publication; Requires that specified information has been electronically published without consent in order to constitute violation; removes requirement that an offender intend that person be placed in reasonable fear of bodily harm when making threat or harassing person; increases criminal penalty for violation; creates civil cause of action; requires clear & convincing standard of evidence in such actions.
Who sponsors HB 781?
HB 781 is sponsored by Woodson, Marie Paule (Democrat), Rosenwald, Mitch (Democrat), Redondo, Mike (Republican), Owen, Michael (Republican), López, Johanna (Democrat), Fabricio, Tom (Republican), Daley, Dan (Democrat), Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" (Democrat), and Criminal Justice Subcommittee.
What is the current status of HB 781?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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