Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 7030
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       
       
       
       
       
       585-02360-24                                          20247030__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.071, F.S., which
    4         provides public records exemptions for certain
    5         personal identifying and location information of
    6         specified agency personnel, and the spouses and
    7         children thereof; abrogating the scheduled repeal of
    8         the exemptions; providing an effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
   13  119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
   15  public records.—
   16         (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
   17         (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
   18         a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an
   19  individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing
   20  address, street address, parcel identification number, plot
   21  identification number, legal property description, neighborhood
   22  name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive
   23  property information that may reveal the home address.
   24         b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned to
   25  the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320.
   26         c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers,
   27  personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone
   28  numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal
   29  communications devices.
   30         2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   31  and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement
   32  personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by
   33  a law enforcement agency, including correctional and
   34  correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of
   35  Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of
   36  abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal
   37  activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties
   38  are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and
   39  personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments
   40  whose responsibilities include revenue collection and
   41  enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home
   42  addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and
   43  places of employment of the spouses and children of such
   44  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
   45  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
   46  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   47  Constitution.
   48         b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   49  and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative
   50  personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties
   51  include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation
   52  coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal
   53  activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the
   54  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
   55  places of employment of the spouses and children of such
   56  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
   57  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
   58  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
   59  Constitution.
   60         c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   61  and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative
   62  personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of
   63  Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation
   64  of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state
   65  regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses,
   66  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
   67  the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
   68  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   69  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   70  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   71         d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   72  and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in
   73  compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone
   74  numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment
   75  of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names
   76  and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
   77  children of such firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
   78  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   79         e. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
   80  numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court,
   81  district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and
   82  county court judges, and of current judicial assistants; the
   83  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
   84  places of employment of the spouses and children of current or
   85  former justices and judges and of current judicial assistants;
   86  and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
   87  attended by the children of current or former justices and
   88  judges and of current judicial assistants are exempt from s.
   89  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
   90  sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review
   91  Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on
   92  October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
   93  reenactment by the Legislature.
   94         f. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
   95  and photographs of current or former state attorneys, assistant
   96  state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide
   97  prosecutors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
   98  photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
   99  spouses and children of current or former state attorneys,
  100  assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant
  101  statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools
  102  and day care facilities attended by the children of current or
  103  former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
  104  prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from
  105  s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  106         g. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
  107  numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
  108  compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
  109  of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
  110  hearing officers; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
  111  dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and
  112  children of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
  113  compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
  114  of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
  115  hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day
  116  care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates,
  117  special magistrates, judges of compensation claims,
  118  administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative
  119  Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are
  120  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  121  Constitution.
  122         h. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  123  and photographs of current or former human resource, labor
  124  relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors,
  125  managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency
  126  or water management district whose duties include hiring and
  127  firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or
  128  other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses,
  129  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
  130  the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
  131  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  132  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
  133  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  134         i. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  135  and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers;
  136  the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  137  and places of employment of the spouses and children of such
  138  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  139  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
  140  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  141  Constitution.
  142         j. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
  143  employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
  144  guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.820; the names, home
  145  addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of
  146  employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the
  147  names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
  148  by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
  149  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  150         k. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  151  and photographs of current or former juvenile probation
  152  officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention
  153  superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile
  154  justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention
  155  officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers,
  156  juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II,
  157  juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor
  158  supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior
  159  human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation
  160  therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of
  161  Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
  162  dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children
  163  of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and
  164  day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel
  165  are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  166  Constitution.
  167         l. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  168  and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant
  169  public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel,
  170  and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; the
  171  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
  172  places of employment of the spouses and children of current or
  173  former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal
  174  conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal
  175  conflict and civil regional counsel; and the names and locations
  176  of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of
  177  current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders,
  178  criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant
  179  criminal conflict and civil regional counsel are exempt from s.
  180  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  181         m. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  182  and photographs of current or former investigators or inspectors
  183  of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the
  184  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
  185  places of employment of the spouses and children of such current
  186  or former investigators and inspectors; and the names and
  187  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  188  children of such current or former investigators and inspectors
  189  are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  190  Constitution.
  191         n. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of
  192  birth of county tax collectors; the names, home addresses,
  193  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
  194  the spouses and children of such tax collectors; and the names
  195  and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  196  children of such tax collectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
  197  s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  198         o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  199  and photographs of current or former personnel of the Department
  200  of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination
  201  or adjudication of eligibility for social security disability
  202  benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed
  203  against health care practitioners, or the inspection of health
  204  care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the
  205  Department of Health; the names, home addresses, telephone
  206  numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses
  207  and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of
  208  schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such
  209  personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of
  210  the State Constitution.
  211         p. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  212  and photographs of current or former impaired practitioner
  213  consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former
  214  employees of an impaired practitioner consultant whose duties
  215  result in a determination of a person’s skill and safety to
  216  practice a licensed profession; the names, home addresses,
  217  telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
  218  the spouses and children of such consultants or their employees;
  219  and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
  220  attended by the children of such consultants or employees are
  221  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  222  Constitution.
  223         q. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  224  and photographs of current or former emergency medical
  225  technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the
  226  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
  227  places of employment of the spouses and children of such
  228  emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and
  229  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  230  children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are
  231  exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  232  Constitution.
  233         r. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  234  and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an
  235  agency’s office of inspector general or internal audit
  236  department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste,
  237  fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that
  238  could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline;
  239  the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  240  and places of employment of spouses and children of such
  241  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  242  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
  243  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  244  Constitution.
  245         s. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  246  and photographs of current or former directors, managers,
  247  supervisors, nurses, and clinical employees of an addiction
  248  treatment facility; the home addresses, telephone numbers,
  249  photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
  250  spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
  251  locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
  252  children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
  253  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this
  254  sub-subparagraph, the term “addiction treatment facility” means
  255  a county government, or agency thereof, that is licensed
  256  pursuant to s. 397.401 and provides substance abuse prevention,
  257  intervention, or clinical treatment, including any licensed
  258  service component described in s. 397.311(26).
  259         t. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  260  and photographs of current or former directors, managers,
  261  supervisors, and clinical employees of a child advocacy center
  262  that meets the standards of s. 39.3035(2) and fulfills the
  263  screening requirement of s. 39.3035(3), and the members of a
  264  Child Protection Team as described in s. 39.303 whose duties
  265  include supporting the investigation of child abuse or sexual
  266  abuse, child abandonment, child neglect, and child exploitation
  267  or to provide services as part of a multidisciplinary case
  268  review team; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
  269  photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
  270  spouses and children of such personnel and members; and the
  271  names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
  272  by the children of such personnel and members are exempt from s.
  273  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  274         u. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
  275  employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
  276  staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s.
  277  90.5036(1)(b), of domestic violence centers certified by the
  278  Department of Children and Families under chapter 39; the names,
  279  home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates
  280  of birth, and photographs of the spouses and children of such
  281  personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
  282  facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
  283  from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
  284  Constitution.
  285         v. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
  286  and photographs of current or former inspectors or investigators
  287  of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the
  288  names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
  289  places of employment of the spouses and children of current or
  290  former inspectors or investigators; and the names and locations
  291  of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of
  292  current or former inspectors or investigators are exempt from s.
  293  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
  294  sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review
  295  Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on
  296  October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through
  297  reenactment by the Legislature.
  298         3. An agency that is the custodian of the information
  299  specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
  300  officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
  301  subparagraph 2. must maintain the exempt status of that
  302  information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
  303  person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
  304  written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption
  305  to the custodial agency. The request must state under oath the
  306  statutory basis for the individual’s exemption request and
  307  confirm the individual’s status as a party eligible for exempt
  308  status.
  309         4.a. A county property appraiser, as defined in s.
  310  192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s.
  311  192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for
  312  maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3. must
  313  comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status
  314  and the instrument number or Official Records book and page
  315  number identifying the property with the exempt status from all
  316  publicly available records maintained by the property appraiser
  317  or tax collector. For written requests received on or before
  318  July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax
  319  collector must comply with this sub-subparagraph by October 1,
  320  2021. A county property appraiser or county tax collector may
  321  not remove the street address, legal description, or other
  322  information identifying real property within the agency’s
  323  records so long as a name or personal information otherwise
  324  exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is
  325  not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the
  326  public records of the agency.
  327         b. Any information restricted from public display,
  328  inspection, or copying under sub-subparagraph a. must be
  329  provided to the individual whose information was removed.
  330         5. An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other
  331  person specified in subparagraph 2. may submit a written request
  332  for the release of his or her exempt information to the
  333  custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must
  334  specify the information to be released and the party authorized
  335  to receive the information. Upon receipt of the written request,
  336  the custodial agency must release the specified information to
  337  the party authorized to receive such information.
  338         6. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
  339  held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
  340  exemption.
  341         7. Information made exempt under this paragraph may be
  342  disclosed pursuant to s. 28.2221 to a title insurer authorized
  343  pursuant to s. 624.401 and its affiliates as defined in s.
  344  624.10; a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as
  345  defined in s. 626.841(1) or (2), respectively; or an attorney
  346  duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing
  347  with The Florida Bar.
  348         8. The exempt status of a home address contained in the
  349  Official Records is maintained only during the period when a
  350  protected party resides at the dwelling location. Upon
  351  conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such
  352  real property no longer constitutes a protected party’s home
  353  address as defined in sub-subparagraph 1.a., the protected party
  354  must submit a written request to release the removed information
  355  to the county recorder. The written request to release the
  356  removed information must be notarized, must confirm that a
  357  protected party’s request for release is pursuant to a
  358  conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the
  359  Official Records book and page, instrument number, or clerk’s
  360  file number for each document containing the information to be
  361  released.
  362         9. Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a
  363  certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party
  364  can request the county recorder to release a protected
  365  decedent’s removed information unless there is a related request
  366  on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the
  367  decedent’s information or unless such removal is otherwise
  368  prohibited by statute or by court order. The written request to
  369  release the removed information upon the death of a protected
  370  party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or
  371  court order and must be notarized, must confirm the request for
  372  release is due to the death of a protected party, and must
  373  specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument
  374  number, or clerk’s file number for each document containing the
  375  information to be released. A fee may not be charged for the
  376  release of any document pursuant to such request.
  377         10. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
  378  paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government
  379  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
  380  repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from
  381  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
  382         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.