Florida SB 942: Fees/Professional Structural Engineer Licensing

Bill Text

942 
Motor Vehicle Operator Privacy 
2025-12-17T07:09:16Z 
Citing this act as the "Driver Privacy Act"; prohibiting certain personal information and e-mail addresses from being sold to or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of concern, or foreign principal; providing for retroactive application; providing penalties for a third-party company that uses or releases certain information for a specified purpose, 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 942 

 By Senator Calatayud 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to motor vehicle operator privacy; 
 3 providing a short title; amending s. 119.0712, F.S.; 
 4 defining terms; prohibiting certain personal 
 5 information and e-mail addresses from being sold to or 
 6 shared with a third-party company, foreign country of 
 7 concern, or foreign principal; providing for 
 8 retroactive application; providing penalties for a 
 9 third-party company that uses or releases certain 
 10 information for a specified purpose; providing an 
 11 effective date. 
 12 
 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 14 
 15 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Driver Privacy 
 16 Act.” 
 17 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 119.0712, Florida 
 18 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 19 119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from 
 20 inspection or copying of public records.— 
 21 (2) DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES.— 
 22 (a) For purposes of this subsection, the term: 
 23 1. “Foreign country of concern” has the same meaning as in 
 24 s. 692.201. 
 25 2. “Foreign principal” has the same meaning as in s. 
 26 692.201. 
 27 3. “Motor vehicle record” means any record that pertains to 
 28 a motor vehicle operator’s permit, motor vehicle title, motor 
 29 vehicle registration, or identification card issued by the 
 30 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. 
 31 4. “Public-facing portal” means a web portal or computer 
 32 application accessible by the public over the Internet, whether 
 33 through a mobile device, a website, or any other electronic 
 34 means, which is established for administering chapter 319, 
 35 chapter 320, chapter 322, chapter 328, or any other provision of 
 36 law conferring duties upon the department. 
 37 5. “Secure login credentials” means information held by the 
 38 department for purposes of authenticating a user logging into a 
 39 user account on a computer, a computer system, a computer 
 40 network, or an electronic device; an online user account 
 41 accessible over the Internet, whether through a mobile device, a 
 42 website, or any other electronic means; or information used for 
 43 authentication or password recovery. 
 44 6. “Third-party company” means any marketing firm, debt 
 45 collector, insurance company, or data broker. 
 46 (b) Personal information, including highly restricted 
 47 personal information as defined in 18 U.S.C. s. 2725, contained 
 48 in a motor vehicle record is confidential pursuant to the 
 49 federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. ss. 
 50 2721 et seq. Such information may be released only as authorized 
 51 by that act; however, information received pursuant to that act 
 52 may not be used for mass commercial solicitation of clients for 
 53 litigation against motor vehicle dealers and may not be sold to 
 54 or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of 
 55 concern, or foreign principal. 
 56 (c) E-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway 
 57 Safety and Motor Vehicles pursuant to s. 319.40(3), s. 
 58 320.95(2), or s. 322.08(10) are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 
 59 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may not be sold to 
 60 or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of 
 61 concern, or foreign principal. This exemption applies 
 62 retroactively. 
 63 (d)1. Emergency contact information contained in a motor 
 64 vehicle record is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 
 65 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 66 2. Without the express consent of the person to whom such 
 67 emergency contact information applies, the emergency contact 
 68 information contained in a motor vehicle record may be released 
 69 only to: 
 70 a. Law enforcement agencies for purposes of contacting 
 71 those listed in the event of an emergency. 
 72 b. A receiving facility, hospital, or licensed 
 73 detoxification or addictions receiving facility pursuant to s. 
 74 394.463(2)(a) or s. 397.6772(1)(a) for the sole purpose of 
 75 informing a patient’s emergency contacts of the patient’s 
 76 whereabouts. 
 77 (e) Any person or third-party company that who uses or 
 78 releases any information contained in the Driver and Vehicle 
 79 Information Database for a purpose not specifically authorized 
 80 by law commits a noncriminal infraction, punishable by a fine 
 81 not exceedin