Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1652
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/19/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Grall) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (1) of
    6  section 119.0714, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         119.0714 Court files; court records; official records.—
    8         (1) COURT FILES.—Nothing in this chapter shall be construed
    9  to exempt from s. 119.07(1) a public record that was made a part
   10  of a court file and that is not specifically closed by order of
   11  court, except:
   12         (m) Any matter in a pleading, a request for relief, or
   13  other document that has been stricken by the court in a
   14  noncriminal case pursuant to the rules of court if the court
   15  finds that such matter:
   16         1. Is immaterial, impertinent, or sham; and
   17         2. Would defame or cause unwarranted damage to the good
   18  name or reputation of an individual or jeopardize the safety of
   19  an individual.
   20         Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public
   21  necessity that an immaterial, impertinent, or sham matter that
   22  would defame or cause unwarranted damage to the good name or
   23  reputation of an individual or jeopardize the safety of an
   24  individual, and that has been stricken by a court in a
   25  noncriminal case, be made confidential and exempt from s.
   26  119.071(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
   27  State Constitution. The Legislature finds that such stricken
   28  matters, if they remain in the public record, cause unwarranted
   29  and ongoing harm to affected persons and serve no identifiable
   30  public purpose. The Legislature further finds that the harm that
   31  may result from the release of such stricken matters outweighs
   32  any public benefit that may be derived from the disclosure of
   33  the stricken matter.
   34         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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   36  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   39  and insert:
   40                        A bill to be entitled                      
   41         An act relating to public records; amending s.
   42         119.0714, F.S.; providing an exemption from public
   43         records requirements for a matter in a pleading, a
   44         request for relief, or other document which has been
   45         stricken by the court in a noncriminal case if the
   46         court makes specific findings; providing a statement
   47         of public necessity; providing an effective date.