Florida Chief Financial Officer, Jimmy Patronis issued, on 20 April 2021, a statement following the Senate Rules Committee's favourable hearing of Senate Bill 1120. In particular, the bill seeks to amend provisions of Florida's Telemarketing Act by the following:

• expanding the definitions of telephone solicitation;
• prohibiting certain calls without the prior express written consent of the called party;
• removing provisions authorising the use of certain automated telephone dialling systems;
• creates a limit of three commercial telephone solicitation phone calls from any number to a person over a 24-hour period on the same subject matter or issue, regardless of the phone number used to make the call;
• providing a cause of action for aggrieved called parties; and
• prohibiting a salesperson from using automated dialling or recorded messages to make certain telephone solicitation phone calls.

You can read the press release here and read and track the progress of the bill here. 

(UPDATE) 21 May 2021

Bill passes House

The bill passed, on 28 April 2021, in the Florida House of Representatives on its third reading with a unanimous vote and was ordered enrolled and sent back to the Florida State Senate. If enacted, the bill would take effect on 1 July 2021.

You can read the bill here and track its progress here. 

(UPDATE) 30 June 2021

Governor signs bill into law

Governor Ron DeSantis announced, on 29 June 2021, that he had signed the bill into law. In addition, the bill enters into effect on 1 July 2021. 

You can read the press release here, read the bill here, and view its history here.