Florida SB 1064: Disclosure of Public Servants’ Personal Information

Bill Text

1064 
Disclosure of Public Servants’ Personal Information 
2026-01-05T06:45:01Z 
Authorizing certain public employees and officials to provide a written notice to a data broker to prevent disclosure of specified personal data concerning themselves and related persons; prohibiting a data broker from disclosing or redisclosing certain data after receipt of such notice; authorizing data brokers to provide e-mail addresses for receipt of such notice under specified conditions; providing for civil actions against a data broker for failure to comply, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2027-01-15T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1064 

 By Senator Bradley 

 6-00434A-26 20261064__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the disclosure of public servants’ 
 3 personal information; providing legislative findings; 
 4 creating s. 111.101, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing 
 5 certain public employees and officials to provide a 
 6 written notice to a data broker to prevent disclosure 
 7 of specified personal data concerning themselves and 
 8 related persons; prohibiting a data broker from 
 9 disclosing or redisclosing certain data after receipt 
 10 of such notice; authorizing data brokers to provide e 
 11 mail addresses for receipt of such notice under 
 12 specified conditions; providing for civil actions 
 13 against a data broker for failure to comply; providing 
 14 the standard of fault in such actions; providing that 
 15 it is not a defense that protected information was 
 16 available through specified means; providing that it 
 17 is an affirmative defense to assert that the person is 
 18 not a covered person; providing exceptions; providing 
 19 for damages and costs; providing construction; 
 20 providing severability; providing an effective date. 
 21 
 22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 24 Section 1. The Legislature finds that the state’s judges, 
 25 prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and other public servants 
 26 play an essential role in the functioning of the government of 
 27 this state and that the nature of their public duties regularly 
 28 places them in danger of death, serious physical injury, 
 29 threats, intimidation, and other reprisals. Violence, threats, 
 30 and intimidation targeted at such public servants and their 
 31 families is on the rise. Technology has broadened access to the 
 32 personal information of such persons, defined in this act as 
 33 “protected information,” and can be and has been used to 
 34 facilitate violence, threats, and intimidation. Accordingly, the 
 35 provisions set forth herein are both necessary and appropriate 
 36 to protect the privacy, safety, and security of such public 
 37 servants and to prevent interference in the administration of 
 38 justice and the operation of government in this state. 
 39 Section 2. Section 111.101, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 40 read: 
 41 111.101 Nondisclosure of public servants’ personal 
 42 information.— 
 43 (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 
 44 (a) “Assignee” means a person or an entity to whom a 
 45 covered person’s right to bring a civil action for a violation 
 46 of paragraph (2)(b) has been assigned, in writing, by the 
 47 covered person or his or her authorized agent. 
 48 (b) “Authorized agent” means any of the following persons 
 49 or entities authorized to submit or revoke a request for 
 50 nondisclosure of protected information on behalf of a covered 
 51 person and to engage in communications and enforcement related 
 52 thereto: 
 53 1. A designated trustee or other agent acting pursuant to a 
 54 written power of attorney or other legal instrument on behalf of 
 55 a covered person who is physically or mentally incapacitated. 
 56 2. A parent or legal guardian acting on behalf of a child 
 57 who is a minor and otherwise entitled to nondisclosure pursuant 
 58 to this section. 
 59 3. A person or an entity that has been appointed pursuant 
 60 to a written power of attorney by a covered person to act on the 
 61 covered person’s behalf with respect to this section. 
 62 4. An agent acting on behalf of a federal judge, a designee 
 63 of the United States Marshals Service, or the clerk of any 
 64 United States District Court. 
 65 (c) “Covered person” means any of the following persons: 
 66 1. Active or former sworn law enforcement personnel or 
 67 active or former civilian personnel employed by a law 
 68 enforcement agency, including law enforcement officers; 
 69 correctional officers; correctional probation officers; 
 70 personnel of the Department of Children and Families whose 
 71 duties include the investigation of abuse, neglect, 
 72 exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal activities; or 
 73 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 
 74 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 
 75 enforcement or child support enforcement. 
 76 2. Curren