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Constitutional Law does not work that way. There's no carving out single state exceptions like that to prior precedent. Basically, once it goes for Florida, it goes for EVERY state that lacks an explicit "actual malice" standard in their law.

While I understand where you're coming from there is use for anonymous sources with journalism, especially when journalist are investigating wrongdoing by government, big businesses, or organized crime actors. In those cases it protects the whistleblowers and while that CAN be abused (as was...

. . . This is a direct shot across the bow of New York Times v Sullivan and if passed WILL end up in a Supreme Court case. Which given the makeup of the court and many of it's members opinion of that case means there's a good chance of the NATIONAL actual malice standard being overturned. This...