Florida HB 1027: Disclosure of Public Servants' Personal Information

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HB 1027 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the disclosure of public servants' 2
personal information; providing legislative findings; 3
creating s. 111.101, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing 4
certain public employees and officials to provide a 5
written notice to a data broker to prevent disclosure 6
of specified personal data concerning themselves and 7
related persons; prohibiting a data broker from 8
disclosing or redisclosing certain data after receipt 9
of such notice; authorizing data brokers to provide e-10
mail addresses for receipt of such notice under 11
specified conditions; providing for civil actions 12
against a data broker for failure to comply; providing 13
the standard of fault in such actions; providing that 14
it is not a defense that protected information was 15
available through specified means; providing that it 16
is an affirmative defense to assert that the person is 17
not a covered person; providing exceptions; providing 18
for damages and costs; providing construction; 19
providing severability; providing an effective date. 20
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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Section 1. The Legislature finds that the state's judges, 24
prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and other public servants 25

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play an essential role in the functioning of the government of 26
this state and that the nature of their public duties regularly 27
places them in danger of death, serious physical injury, 28
threats, intimidation, and other reprisals. Violence, threats, 29
and intimidation targeted at such public servants and their 30
families is on the rise. Technology has broadened access to the 31
personal information of such persons, defined in this act as 32
"protected information," and can be and has been used to 33
facilitate violence, threats, and intimidation. Accordingly, the 34
provisions set forth herein are both necessary and appropriate 35
to protect the privacy, safety, and security of such public 36
servants and to prevent interference in the administration of 37
justice and the operation of government in this state. 38
Section 2. Section 111.101, Florida Statutes, is created 39
to read: 40
111.101 Nondisclosure of public servants' personal 41
information.— 42
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 43
(a) "Assignee" means a person or an entity to whom a 44
covered person's right to bring a civil action for a violation 45
of paragraph (2)(b) has been assigned, in writing, by the 46
covered person or his or her authorized agent. 47
(b) "Authorized agent" means any of the following persons 48
or entities authorized to submit or revoke a request for 49
nondisclosure of protected information on behalf of a covered 50

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person and to engage in communications and enforcement related 51
thereto: 52
1. A designated trustee or other agent acting pursuant to 53
a written power of attorney or other legal instrument on behalf 54
of a covered person who is physically or mentally incapacitated. 55
2. A parent or legal guardian acting on behalf of a child 56
who is a minor and otherwise entitled to nondisclosure pursuant 57
to this section. 58
3. A person or an entity that has been appointed pursuant 59
to a written power of attorney by a covered person to act on the 60
covered person's behalf with respect to this section. 61
4. An agent acting on behalf of a federal judge, a 62
designee of the United States Marshals' Service, or the clerk of 63
any United States District Court. 64
(c) "Covered person" means any of the following persons: 65
1. Active or former sworn law enforcement personnel or 66
active or former civilian personnel employed by a law 67
enforcement agency, including law enforcement officers; 68
correctional officers; correctional probation officers; 69
personnel of the Department of Children and Families whose 70
duties include the investigation of abuse, neglect, 71
exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal activities; or 72
personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 73
whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 74
enforcement or child support enforcement. 75

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2. Current or former federal judges, justices of the 76
Supreme Court, district court of appeal judges, circuit court 77
judges, or county court judges, and current judicial assistants. 78
3. Current or former gene