Florida SB 292: Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks

Bill Text

292 
Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks 
2025-10-24T12:10:26Z 
Defining the term “appellate court clerk”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 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 292 

 By Senator Rouson 

 16-00400A-26 2026292__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 119.071, F.S.; defining the term “appellate court 
 4 clerk”; providing an exemption from public records 
 5 requirements for the personal identifying and location 
 6 information of current appellate court clerks and the 
 7 spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; 
 8 providing for future legislative review and repeal of 
 9 the exemption; providing for retroactive application; 
 10 amending s. 744.21031, F.S.; conforming a cross 
 11 reference; providing a statement of public necessity; 
 12 providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 
 17 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 18 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 
 19 public records.— 
 20 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 
 21 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 
 22 a. “Appellate court clerk” means a person appointed as a 
 23 clerk of the Florida Supreme Court pursuant to s. 3(c), Art. V 
 24 of the State Constitution, a person appointed as a clerk of a 
 25 district court of appeal pursuant to s. 4(c), Art. V of the 
 26 State Constitution, or a court employee assigned to the 2610 or 
 27 2620 class code. 
 28 b. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an 
 29 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 
 30 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 
 31 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 
 32 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 
 33 property information that may reveal the home address. 
 34 c.b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned 
 35 to the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 
 36 d.c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers, 
 37 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 
 38 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 
 39 communications devices. 
 40 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 41 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 
 42 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 
 43 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 
 44 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 
 45 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 
 46 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 
 47 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 
 48 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 
 49 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 
 50 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 
 51 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 
 52 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 
 53 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 54 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 55 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 56 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 57 Constitution. 
 58 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 59 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 60 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 
 61 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation 
 62 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 
 63 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 
 64 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 
 65 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 66 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 67 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 68 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 69 Constitution. 
 70 c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 71 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 72 personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of 
 73 Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation 
 74 of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 
 75 regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 
 76 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 
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