Florida SB 248: Public Records/Civilian Personnel Employed by a Law Enforcement Agency

Bill Text

248 
Public Records/Municipal Clerks and their Staff 
2025-10-20T07:35:14Z 
Providing a public records exemption for personal identifying and location information of current and former municipal clerks and their staff and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such municipal clerks and their staff; 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 248 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00248A-26 2026248__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 119.071, F.S.; providing a public records exemption 
 4 for personal identifying and location information of 
 5 current and former municipal clerks and their staff 
 6 and the personal identifying and location information 
 7 of the spouses and children of such municipal clerks 
 8 and their staff; providing for future legislative 
 9 review and repeal of the exemption; providing for 
 10 retroactive application of the exemption; providing a 
 11 statement of public necessity; providing an effective 
 12 date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 
 17 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 18 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 
 19 public records.— 
 20 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 
 21 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 
 22 a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an 
 23 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 
 24 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 
 25 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 
 26 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 
 27 property information that may reveal the home address. 
 28 b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned to 
 29 the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 
 30 c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers, 
 31 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 
 32 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 
 33 communications devices. 
 34 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 35 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 
 36 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 
 37 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 
 38 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 
 39 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 
 40 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 
 41 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 
 42 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 
 43 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 
 44 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 
 45 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 
 46 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 
 47 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 48 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 49 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 50 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 51 Constitution. 
 52 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 53 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 54 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 
 55 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation 
 56 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 
 57 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 
 58 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 
 59 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 60 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 61 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 62 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 63 Constitution. 
 64 c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 65 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 66 personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of 
 67 Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation 
 68 of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 
 69 regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 
 70 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 
 71 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 
 72 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 
 73 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 
 74 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 75 d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates