Florida SB 506: Public Procurement of Services

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Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector 
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Providing an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local government to retain body camera recordings for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. 
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 2026 Legislature SB 506 

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 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 119.0713, F.S.; defining terms; providing an exemption 
 4 from public records requirements for body camera 
 5 recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain 
 6 circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local 
 7 government to retain body camera recordings for a 
 8 specified timeframe; providing for retroactive 
 9 application; providing construction; providing for 
 10 future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 
 11 providing a statement of public necessity; directing 
 12 the Division of Library and Information Services of 
 13 the Department of State to adopt a specified retention 
 14 requirement for certain body camera recordings by a 
 15 specified date; providing a contingent effective date. 
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 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 19 Section 1. Subsection (6) is added to section 119.0713, 
 20 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 21 119.0713 Local government agency exemptions from inspection 
 22 or copying of public records.— 
 23 (6)(a) As used in this subsection, the term: 
 24 1. “Body camera” means a portable electronic recording 
 25 device that is worn on a code inspector’s body and that records 
 26 audio and video data in the course of the performance of his or 
 27 her official duties and responsibilities. 
 28 2. “Code inspector” has the same meaning as in s. 
 29 162.04(2). 
 30 3. “Personal representative” means a parent, a court 
 31 appointed guardian, an attorney, or an agent of, or a person 
 32 holding a power of attorney for, a person recorded by a body 
 33 camera. If a person depicted in the recording is deceased, the 
 34 term also means the personal representative of the estate of the 
 35 deceased person; the deceased person’s surviving spouse, parent, 
 36 or adult child; the deceased person’s attorney or agent; or the 
 37 parent or guardian of a surviving minor child of the deceased. 
 38 An agent must possess written authorization of the recorded 
 39 person to act on his or her behalf. 
 40 (b) A body camera recording, or a portion thereof, is 
 41 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I 
 42 of the State Constitution if the recording: 
 43 1. Is taken within the interior of a private residence; 
 44 2. Is taken within the interior of a facility that offers 
 45 health care, mental health care, or social services; or 
 46 3. Is taken in a place that a reasonable person would 
 47 expect to be private. 
 48 (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a body camera recording, 
 49 or a portion thereof, may be disclosed by a local government: 
 50 1. In furtherance of its official duties and 
 51 responsibilities; or 
 52 2. To another governmental agency in the furtherance of its 
 53 official duties and responsibilities. 
 54 (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a body camera recording, 
 55 or a portion thereof, must be disclosed by a local government: 
 56 1. To a person recorded by the body camera; however, a 
 57 local government may disclose only those portions relevant to 
 58 the person’s presence in the recording; 
 59 2. To the personal representative of a person recorded by 
 60 the body camera; however, a local government may disclose only 
 61 those portions relevant to the represented person’s presence in 
 62 the recording; 
 63 3. To a person not depicted in the body camera recording if 
 64 the recording depicts a place in which the person lawfully 
 65 resided, dwelled, or lodged at the time of the recording; 
 66 however, a local government may disclose only those portions 
 67 that record the interior of such a place; or 
 68 4. Pursuant to a court order. 
 69 a. In addition to any other grounds the court may consider 
 70 in determining whether to order that a body camera recording be 
 71 disclosed, the court shall consider whether: 
 72 (I) Disclosure is necessary to advance a compelling 
 73 interest; 
 74 (II) The recording contains information that is otherwise 
 75 exempt or confidential and exempt under the law; 
 76 (III) The person requesting disclosure is seeking to obtain 
 77 evidence to determine legal issues in a case in which the person 
 78 is a party; 
 79 (IV) Disclosure would reveal information regarding a person 
 80 which is of a highly sensitive personal nature; 
 81 (V) Disclosure may harm the reputation or jeopardize the 
 82 safety of a