Florida invoice would require bloggers to register earlier than writing about DeSantis

A invoice proposed this week by a Republican state senator in Florida would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), his Cupboard officers and members of the Florida legislature to register with the state.

Bloggers who obtain compensation for a given on-line publish about an elected state officer must register with the Florida Workplace of Legislative Providers or the Fee on Ethics —  although the requirement wouldn’t prolong to the web sites of newspapers or related websites. 

“If a blogger posts to a weblog about an elected state officer and receives, or will obtain, compensation for that publish, the blogger should register with the suitable workplace … inside 5 days after the primary 164 by the blogger which mentions an elected state officer,” reads the bill, launched by Republican state Sen. Jason Brodeur. 

If further posts about elected state officers had been to be posted, the blogger must file month-to-month stories detailing the place, when and by whom the publish was revealed, plus the quantity of compensation obtained. Failure to file stories may result in fines.

The elected state officers coated by the proposed “Data Dissemination” invoice are outlined as “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cupboard officer, or any member of the Legislature.”

A weblog is outlined within the invoice as “a web site or webpage that hosts any blogger and is continuously up to date with opinion, commentary, or enterprise content material” and a weblog publish as “a person webpage on a weblog which incorporates an article, a narrative, or a sequence of tales.”

The Hill has reached out to the governor’s workplace for remark.