Florida SB 466: Inspectors General

Bill Text

466 
Public Records/Legal Assistants/Office of the Public Defender/Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel 
2025-11-12T10:45:49Z 
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current legal assistants employed by the office of the public defender and the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such legal assistants; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 466 

 By Senator Wright 

 8-00565-26 2026466__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 119.071, F.S.; defining the term “legal assistant”; 
 4 providing an exemption from public records 
 5 requirements for the home addresses, telephone 
 6 numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current 
 7 legal assistants employed by the office of the public 
 8 defender and the office of criminal conflict and civil 
 9 regional counsel and the personal identifying and 
 10 location information of the spouses and children of 
 11 such legal assistants; providing for future 
 12 legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 
 13 providing for retroactive application of the 
 14 exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; 
 15 amending s. 744.21031, F.S.; conforming a cross 
 16 reference; providing an effective date. 
 17 
 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 
 21 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 22 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 
 23 public records.— 
 24 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 
 25 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 
 26 a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an 
 27 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 
 28 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 
 29 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 
 30 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 
 31 property information that may reveal the home address. 
 32 b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned to 
 33 the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 
 34 c. “Legal assistant” means any employee of the office of 
 35 the public defender or the office of criminal conflict and civil 
 36 regional counsel other than a public defender, an assistant 
 37 public defender, a criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, 
 38 or an assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel. 
 39 d.c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers, 
 40 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 
 41 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 
 42 communications devices. 
 43 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 44 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 
 45 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 
 46 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 
 47 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 
 48 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 
 49 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 
 50 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 
 51 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 
 52 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 
 53 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 
 54 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 
 55 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 
 56 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 57 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 58 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 59 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 60 Constitution. 
 61 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 62 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 63 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 
 64 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation 
 65 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 
 66 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 
 67 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 
 68 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 69 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 70 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 71 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 72 Constitution. 
 73 c. The home addresses