Florida · Senate Bill 1490 · 2026 Regular Session

Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim

SB 1490 Sponsored by Ileana Garcia Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 8, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Required Notice of Intent to Contact a Victim; 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; requiring that such notice be filed on a standard form developed by the state attorney in each judicial circuit, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules · Senate Criminal Justice
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Criminal Justice · Senate Criminal Justice

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.