Florida HB 21: Controlled Substances

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CS/HB 21 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
119.071, F.S.; providing definitions; providing an 3
exemption from public record requirements for certain 4
identifying and location information of current or 5
former agency employees and the spouses and children 6
of such employees; providing for retroactive 7
application; specifying that the exemption does not 8
limit certain existing exemptions; providing for 9
future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 10
amending ss. 28.2221, 119.0714, 409.2577, and 11
744.21031, F.S.; conforming cross-references to 12
changes made by the act; providing a statement of 13
public necessity; providing an effective date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (4) of 18
section 119.071, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as 19
paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, and a new paragraph (d) is 20
added to that subsection to read: 21
119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 22
public records.— 23
(4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 24
(d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 25

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a. "Home addresses" means the dwelling location at which 26
an individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 27
address, and street address. 28
b. "Telephone numbers" includes home telephone numbers, 29
personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 30
numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 31
communications devices. 32
2. The home addresses, telephone numbers, personal 33
electronic mail addresses, and dates of birth of current or 34
former agency employees; the names, home addresses, telephone 35
numbers, personal electronic mail addresses, dates of birth, and 36
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 37
employees; and the names and locations of schools and day care 38
facilities attended by the children of such employees held by 39
the employing agency are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 40
Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to such 41
information held by an employing agency before, on, or after the 42
effective date of this exemption. 43
3. The exemption provided in subparagraph 2. does not 44
limit any exemption contained in paragraph (e). 45
4. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset 46
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 47
on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 48
through reenactment by the Legislature. 49
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and paragraph 50

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(b) of subsection (6) of section 28.2221, Florida Statutes, are 51
amended to read: 52
28.2221 Electronic access to official records.— 53
(2) 54
(b) Unless otherwise required by the court, a county 55
recorder may not remove the grantor name, grantee name, or party 56
name from the register of the Official Records, as described in 57
s. 28.222(2), and the index on the publicly available Internet 58
website on the basis of an exemption as defined in s. 119.011 59
unless the name of the grantor or grantee includes the street 60
address portion of the home address as defined in s. 61
119.071(4)(e) s. 119.071(4)(d), in which case the county 62
recorder must remove the street address portion from display. 63
Home addresses, as defined in s. 119.071(4)(e) s. 119.071(4)(d), 64
which are exempt from inspection or copying under s. 119.071 65
must be included within the Official Records as described in s. 66
28.222(2) but may not be included within the index or otherwise 67
displayed on the county recorder's publicly available Internet 68
website on which images or copies of the county's official 69
records are placed. 70
(6) 71
(b)1. For the purpose of conducting a title search, as 72
defined in s. 627.7711(4), of the Official Records, as described 73
in s. 28.222(2), and upon presentation of photo identification 74
and affirmation by sworn affidavit consistent with s. 92.50 to 75

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the county recorder, information restricted from public display, 76
inspection, or copying under paragraph (5)(a) pursuant to a 77
request for removal made under s. 119.071(4)(e) s. 119.071(4)(d) 78
may be disclosed to: 79
a. A title insurer authorized pursuant to s. 624.401 and 80
its affiliates as defined in s. 62