Florida SB 332: Incarcerated Women

Bill Text

332 
Public Records and Public Meetings/Private Property Rights 
2026-02-12T10:09:02Z 
Providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for meetings or portions of meetings between agencies and their attorneys to discuss certain claims concerning private property rights; requiring that such meetings be transcribed; providing that such transcripts become public records at specified times; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 332 

 By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
 and Judiciary; and Senator Bradley 

 585-02770-26 2026332c2 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records and public meetings; 
 3 creating s. 70.90, F.S.; providing an exemption from 
 4 public meetings requirements for meetings or portions 
 5 of meetings between agencies and their attorneys to 
 6 discuss certain claims concerning private property 
 7 rights; specifying what may be discussed during such 
 8 meetings; requiring that such meetings be transcribed; 
 9 providing that such transcripts become public records 
 10 at specified times; providing an exemption from public 
 11 records requirements for transcripts, recordings, 
 12 minutes, and records generated during the exempt 
 13 meetings or portions of such meetings; providing for 
 14 future 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. Section 70.90, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 21 read: 
 22 70.90 Public meetings and records regarding a claim under 
 23 the Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection 
 24 Act.— 
 25 (1) A meeting or portion of a meeting between an agency as 
 26 defined in s. 119.011, or the chief administrative or executive 
 27 officer of an agency, and the agency’s attorney during the 90 
 28 day notice period specified in s. 70.001(4) to discuss claims 
 29 submitted in accordance with that subsection is exempt from s. 
 30 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution, provided 
 31 that: 
 32 (a) The agency’s attorney shall advise the agency at a 
 33 public meeting that he or she desires advice concerning a claim 
 34 submitted in accordance with s. 70.001(4). 
 35 (b) The subject matter of the meeting must be confined to 
 36 settlement negotiations or strategy sessions relating to a claim 
 37 submitted in accordance with s. 70.001(4). 
 38 (c) The entire session must be recorded by a certified 
 39 court reporter. The reporter shall record the times of 
 40 commencement and termination of the session, all discussion and 
 41 proceedings, the names of all persons present at any time, and 
 42 the names of all persons speaking. No portion of the session may 
 43 be off the record. The court reporter’s notes must be fully 
 44 transcribed and filed with the agency’s clerk within a 
 45 reasonable time after the meeting. 
 46 (d) The agency shall give reasonable public notice of the 
 47 time and date of the attorney-client session and the names of 
 48 persons who will be attending the session. The session must 
 49 commence at an open meeting at which the persons chairing the 
 50 meeting shall announce the commencement and estimated length of 
 51 the attorney-client session and the names of the persons 
 52 attending. At the conclusion of the attorney-client session, the 
 53 meeting must be reopened, and the person chairing the meeting 
 54 shall announce the termination of the session. 
 55 (e) The transcript must be made part of the public record 
 56 upon settlement of a claim under s. 70.001, or upon the 
 57 expiration of the statute of limitations for the claim arising 
 58 under this chapter in the event that no litigation is filed and 
 59 there is no settlement of a claim under s. 70.001. 
 60 (2) Transcripts, recordings, minutes, and records generated 
 61 during an exempt meeting or portion of such a meeting, pursuant 
 62 to subsection (1), are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 
 63 Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 64 (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 
 65 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 
 66 on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 
 67 through reenactment by the Legislature. 
 68 Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public 
 69 necessity that meetings or portions of meetings between an 
 70 agency as defined in s. 119.011, Florida Statutes, or the chief 
 71 administrative or executive officer of an agency, and the 
 72 agency’s attorney during the 90-day notice period specified in 
 73 s. 70.001(4), Florida Statutes, to discuss claims submitted in 
 74 accordance with that subsection be made exem