Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7010
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/13/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Wright) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 55 - 85
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
    6  necessity to make identification and location information of
    7  current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United
    8  States, a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United
    9  States, or the National Guard, who served after September 11,
   10  2001, and their spouses and dependents, exempt from s.
   11  119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   12  State Constitution, regardless of whether such individuals made
   13  reasonable efforts to protect such information from being
   14  public. Servicemembers perform among the most critical, most
   15  effective, and most dangerous operations in defense of our
   16  nation's freedom. Terrorist groups continue to threaten
   17  servicemembers and their families and encourage terrorist
   18  sympathizers to harm servicemembers and their families within
   19  the United States. The Legislature finds that allowing public
   20  access to the identification and location information of current
   21  or former servicemembers and their families jeopardizes the
   22  safety of servicemembers, their spouses, and their dependents.
   23  The Legislature finds that protecting the safety and security of
   24  current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United
   25  States, a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United
   26  States, or the National Guard, who served after September 11,
   27  2001, and their spouses and dependents, outweighs any public
   28  benefit that may be derived from the public disclosure of the
   29  identification and location information.