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Secret Recording By Minors Gets First Senate OKA Senate committee agreed Monday that minors should be able to secretly record conversations --- something currently illegal in Florida --- if the talks involve unlawful sexual or violent acts against children.

Senate Bill Would Allow Recordings In Sex-Abuse CasesState law generally bars recording of conversations unless all parties agree, but a proposal filed on Tuesday by a senator would allow minors who are victims of sexual abuse to secretly record conversations with their abusers.

Bill Would Clear Way For Recordings In Sexual-Abuse CasesMoving quickly after the Florida Supreme Court ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexually abusing his stepdaughter, a state lawmaker Friday filed a bill that would allow secretly recorded conversations to be used as evidence in such cases.