Florida SB 972: Home Inspectors

Bill Text

972 
Public Records and Meetings/Respiratory Care Interstate Compact 
2025-12-18T11:37:23Z 
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission or the executive committee of the commission; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 972 

 By Senator Wright 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records and meetings; 
 3 creating s. 468.3711, F.S.; providing an exemption 
 4 from public records requirements for certain 
 5 information held by the Department of Health or the 
 6 Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory 
 7 Care Interstate Compact; authorizing the disclosure of 
 8 such information under certain circumstances; 
 9 providing an exemption from public meetings 
 10 requirements for certain meetings or portions of 
 11 meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact 
 12 Commission or the executive committee of the 
 13 commission; providing an exemption from public records 
 14 requirements for recordings, minutes, and records 
 15 generated during exempt portions of such meetings; 
 16 providing for future legislative review and repeal of 
 17 the exemptions; providing statements of public 
 18 necessity; providing a contingent effective date. 
 19 
 20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 21 
 22 Section 1. Section 468.3711, Florida Statutes, is created 
 23 to read: 
 24 468.3711 Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission; 
 25 public meetings and public records exemptions.— 
 26 (1) A respiratory therapist’s personal identifying 
 27 information, other than his or her name, licensure status, or 
 28 licensure number, obtained from the data system described in 
 29 Art. VIII of s. 468.371 and held by the department or the board 
 30 is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 31 Constitution unless the state that originally reported the 
 32 information to the data system authorizes the disclosure of such 
 33 information by law. If disclosure is so authorized, such 
 34 information may be disclosed only to the extent authorized by 
 35 the law of the reporting state. 
 36 (2)(a) Any meeting or a portion of a meeting of the 
 37 Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission or the executive 
 38 committee of the commission established in Art. VII of s. 
 39 468.371 at which certain sensitive and confidential matters, as 
 40 specified in subsection (6) of Art. VII of s. 468.371, are 
 41 discussed is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the 
 42 State Constitution. 
 43 (b) Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an 
 44 exempt meeting or exempt portion of a meeting are exempt from s. 
 45 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 46 (3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 
 47 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 
 48 on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 
 49 through reenactment by the Legislature. 
 50 Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public 
 51 necessity that a respiratory therapist’s personal identifying 
 52 information, other than his or her name, licensure status, or 
 53 licensure number, obtained from the data system described in 
 54 Article VIII of s. 468.371, Florida Statutes, and held by the 
 55 Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care be made 
 56 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and 
 57 s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The personal 
 58 identifying information of a respiratory therapist should be 
 59 protected from public disclosure. Protection of such information 
 60 is required under the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact. 
 61 Without the public records exemption, this state will be unable 
 62 to effectively implement and administer the compact. 
 63 (2)(a) The Legislature further finds that it is a public 
 64 necessity that any meeting of the Respiratory Care Interstate 
 65 Compact Commission or the executive committee of the commission, 
 66 as provided in s. 468.371, Florida Statutes, at which matters 
 67 specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or state law 
 68 are discussed be made exempt from s. 286.011, Florida Statutes, 
 69 and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution. 
 70 (b) The Respiratory Care Interstate Compact requires the 
 71 closure of any meeting, or portion of