Florida SB 1514: Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Bill Text

1514 
Public Records and Meetings/Space Florida 
2026-01-08T11:30:03Z 
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information held by Space Florida which is a trade secret; providing that portions of meetings of Space Florida’s board of directors during which such confidential and exempt information is discussed are closed to the public and exempt from public meetings requirements; providing an exemption from public records requirements for records generated during closed portions of such meetings; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; 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 1514 

 By Senator Burgess 

 23-00870-26 20261514__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records and meetings; 
 3 reviving, reenacting, and amending s. 331.326, F.S., 
 4 relating to confidentiality of information relating to 
 5 trade secrets; providing an exemption from public 
 6 records requirements for information held by Space 
 7 Florida which is a trade secret; providing that 
 8 portions of meetings of Space Florida’s board of 
 9 directors during which such confidential and exempt 
 10 information is discussed are closed to the public and 
 11 exempt from public meetings requirements; providing an 
 12 exemption from public records requirements for records 
 13 generated during closed portions of such meetings; 
 14 providing for legislative review and repeal of the 
 15 exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity; 
 16 providing an effective date. 
 17 
 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 19 
 20 Section 1. Notwithstanding the repeal of section 331.326, 
 21 Florida Statutes, in section 10 of chapter 2022-5, Laws of 
 22 Florida, that section is revived, reenacted, and amended to 
 23 read: 
 24 331.326 Information relating to trade secrets 
 25 confidential.—The records of Space Florida regarding matters 
 26 encompassed by the Space Florida this Act are public records 
 27 subject to chapter 119. Any information held by Space Florida 
 28 which is a trade secret, as defined in s. 812.081, including 
 29 trade secrets of Space Florida, any spaceport user, or the space 
 30 industry business, is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) 
 31 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and may not be 
 32 disclosed. If Space Florida determines that any information 
 33 requested by the public will reveal a trade secret, Space 
 34 Florida must it shall, in writing, inform the person making the 
 35 request of that determination. The determination is a final 
 36 order as defined in s. 120.52. Any meeting or portion of a 
 37 meeting of Space Florida’s board during which the board 
 38 discusses information that is confidential and exempt from s. 
 39 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution 
 40 pursuant to this section is closed to the public and exempt from 
 41 s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution when 
 42 the board is discussing trade secrets. Any public record 
 43 generated during the closed portions of the meetings, such as 
 44 minutes, tape recordings, and notes, is confidential and exempt 
 45 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 46 Constitution. This section is subject to the Open Government 
 47 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 
 48 repealed on October 2, 2031 2021, unless reviewed and saved from 
 49 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 
 50 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 
 51 necessity that information held by Space Florida which is a 
 52 trade secret be made confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), 
 53 Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State 
 54 Constitution; that any portion of a meeting of the Space Florida 
 55 board of directors during which the board discusses information 
 56 that is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida 
 57 Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution be 
 58 closed to the public and made exempt from s. 286.011, Florida 
 59 Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution; and 
 60 that any record generated during the closed portion of such a 
 61 meeting be made confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), 
 62 Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State 
 63 Constitution. In order for the board to effectively and 
 64 efficiently perform its duties, it may be necessary to discuss 
 65 trade secrets. If trade secrets are not protected from 
 66 disclosure, participating spaceport users may hesitate, if not 
 67 refuse, to continue to do business with Space Florida, to the 
 68 economic detriment of Space Florida and Florida’s spaceport 
 69 business development. Accordingly, portions of board meetings 
 70 during which trade secrets are discussed must be closed. Open 
 71 board meetings dur