Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 268
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/26/2025 .
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The Committee on Community Affairs (Jones) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 355 - 486
4 and insert:
5 (A) “Congressional member” means a person who is elected to
6 serve as a member of the United States House of Representatives
7 or is elected or appointed to serve as a member of the United
8 States Senate.
9 (B) “Partial home address” means the dwelling location at
10 which an individual resides and includes the physical address,
11 mailing address, street address, parcel identification number,
12 plot identification number, legal property description,
13 neighborhood name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other
14 descriptive property information that may reveal the partial
15 home address, except for the city and zip code.
16 (C) “Public officer” means a person who holds one of the
17 following offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Chief
18 Financial Officer, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner,
19 state representative, state senator, property appraiser,
20 supervisor of elections, school superintendent, school board
21 member, mayor, city commissioner, or county commissioner.
22 (II) The following information is exempt from s. 119.07(1)
23 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution:
24 (A) The partial home addresses of a current congressional
25 member or public officer and his or her spouse or adult child.
26 (B) The telephone numbers of a current congressional member
27 or public officer and his or her spouse or adult child.
28 (C) The name, home addresses, telephone numbers, and date
29 of birth of a minor child of a current congressional member or
30 public officer and the name and location of the school or day
31 care facility attended by the minor child.
32 (III) This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open
33 Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
34 shall stand repealed on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and
35 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
36 3.a. An agency that is the custodian of the information
37 specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
38 officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
39 subparagraph 2. must maintain the exempt status of that
40 information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
41 person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
42 written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption
43 to the custodial agency. The request must state under oath the
44 statutory basis for the individual’s exemption request and
45 confirm the individual’s status as a party eligible for exempt
46 status.
47 b. An agency that is the custodian of information specified
48 in sub-subparagraph 2.z. and that is not the employer of the
49 congressional member, public officer, or other person specified
50 in sub-subparagraph 2.z. must maintain the exempt status of that
51 information only if an individual requests the maintenance of an
52 exemption pursuant to sub-subparagraph 2.z. on the basis of
53 eligibility as a current congressional member or public officer
54 and his or her spouse or child submits, as part of the written
55 and notarized request required by sub-subparagraph a., the date
56 of the congressional member’s or public officer’s election or
57 appointment to public office, the date on which that office is
58 next subject to election, and, if applicable, the date on which
59 the current congressional member’s or public officer’s minor
60 child reaches the age of majority. The custodian must maintain
61 an exemption granted pursuant to sub-subparagraph 2.z. until the
62 qualifying conditions for the exemption no longer apply to the
63 person subject to the exemption.
64 4.a. A county property appraiser, as defined in s.
65 192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s.
66 192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for
67 maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3. must
68 comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status
69 and the instrument number or Official Records book and page
70 number identifying the property with the exempt status from all
71 publicly available records maintained by the property appraiser
72 or tax collector. For written requests received on or before
73 July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax
74 collector must comply with this sub-subparagraph by October 1,
75 2021. A county property appraiser or county tax collector may
76 not remove the street address, legal description, or other
77 information identifying real property within the agency’s
78 records so long as a name or personal information otherwise
79 exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is
80 not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the
81 public records of the agency.
82 b. Any information restricted from public display,
83 inspection, or copying under sub-subparagraph a. must be
84 provided to the individual whose information was removed.
85 5. An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other
86 person specified in subparagraph 2. may submit a written request
87 for the release of his or her exempt information to the
88 custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must
89 specify the information to be released and the party authorized
90 to receive the information. Upon receipt of the written request,
91 the custodial agency must release the specified information to
92 the party authorized to receive such information.
93 6. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
94 held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
95 exemption.
96 7. Information made exempt under this paragraph may be
97 disclosed pursuant to s. 28.2221 to a title insurer authorized
98 pursuant to s. 624.401 and its affiliates as defined in s.
99 624.10; a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as
100 defined in s. 626.841(1) or (2), respectively; or an attorney
101 duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing
102 with The Florida Bar.
103 8. The exempt status of a home address contained in the
104 Official Records is maintained only during the period when a
105 protected party resides at the dwelling location. Upon
106 conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such
107 real property no longer constitutes a protected party’s home
108 address as defined in sub-subparagraph 1.a., the protected party
109 must submit a written request to release the removed information
110 to the county recorder. The written request to release the
111 removed information must be notarized, must confirm that a
112 protected party’s request for release is pursuant to a
113 conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the
114 Official Records book and page, instrument number, or clerk’s
115 file number for each document containing the information to be
116 released.
117 9. Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a
118 certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party
119 can request the county recorder to release a protected
120 decedent’s removed information unless there is a related request
121 on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the
122 decedent’s information or unless such removal is otherwise
123 prohibited by statute or by court order. The written request to
124 release the removed information upon the death of a protected
125 party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or
126 court order and must be notarized, must confirm the request for
127 release is due to the death of a protected party, and must
128 specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument
129 number, or clerk’s file number for each document containing the
130 information to be released. A fee may not be charged for the
131 release of any document pursuant to such request.
132 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
133 necessity that the partial home addresses and telephone numbers
134 of current congressional members and public officers and their
135 spouses and adult children; the names, home addresses, telephone
136 numbers, and dates of birth of the minor children of such
137 congressional members and officers; and the names and locations
138 of schools and day care facilities attended by the minor
139 children of such congressional members and officers be made
140 exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a),
141 Article I of the State Constitution. Congressional members and
142 public officers are often confronted with making difficult and
143 impactful policy decisions. As a result, congressional members
144 and
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147 And the title is amended as follows:
148 Delete lines 5 - 10
149 and insert:
150 addresses and telephone numbers of current
151 congressional members and public officers and their
152 spouses and adult children and the names, home
153 addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of,
154 and the names and locations of schools and day care
155 facilities attended by, the minor children of such
156 congressional members and public officers; providing
157 for future