Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H285: Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires specified persons acting on behalf of criminal defendant to file specified notice within specified timeframe before contacting victim in criminal proceeding for specified purpose; provides applicability; requires that such notice be filed on standard form developed by state attorney in each judicial circuit.
What the bill says
An act relating to required notice of intent to contact a victim; creating s. 914.18, F.S.; requiring specified persons acting on behalf of a criminal defendant to file a specified notice within a specified timeframe before contacting a victim in a criminal proceeding for a specified purpose; providing applicability; requiring that such notice be filed on a standard form developed by the state attorney in each judicial circuit; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to required notice of intent to contact a victim; creating s. 914.18, F.S.; requiring specified persons acting on behalf of a criminal defendant to file a specified notice within a specified timeframe before contacting a victim in a criminal proceeding for a specified purpose; providing applicability; requiring that such notice be filed on a standard form developed by the state attorney in each judicial circuit; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 914.18, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 914.18 Required notice of intent to contact victim.-- (1) Before any attorney, investigator, or other agent acting on behalf of a criminal defendant may contact a victim for the purpose of obtaining information relating to a pending criminal proceeding, he or she must file a notice of intent to contact the victim within 72 hours before making, or attempting to make, such contact. This subsection does not apply to contact with a victim which occurs during a court proceeding or deposition. (2) The notice required under subsection (1) must be filed words underlined are additions. hb285-01-c1 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/HB 285 2026 on a standard form developed and made available by the state attorney in each judicial circuit. Section 2. This act shall take …
Sponsors
- Daley, Dan (D, HD-096) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099)
Latest actions
- : Died in Judiciary Committee
- : Now in Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : PCS added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Votes
- House: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Criminal Justice Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H285?
- H285 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim.
- What does H285 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to required notice of intent to contact a victim; creating s. 914.18, F.S.; requiring specified persons acting on behalf of a criminal defendant to file a specified notice within a specified timeframe before contacting a victim in a criminal proceeding for a specified purpose; providing applicability; requiring that such notice be filed on a standard form developed by the state attorney in each judicial circuit; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H285?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Judiciary Committee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H285?
- Daley, Dan (D, HD-096), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H285?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/285
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