Florida SB 1328: Release of Driver License Information

Bill Text

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Release of Driver License Information 
2026-01-07T07:33:25Z 
Authorizing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide state agencies and certain third parties with access to certain driver license information for specified purposes with the licensee’s consent; authorizing such third parties to use licensee images, signatures, and data in a certain manner under certain circumstances; prohibiting such third parties from retaining or selling certain data and information, etc. 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1328 

 By Senator Martin 

 33-00446B-26 20261328__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to release of driver license 
 3 information; amending s. 322.142, F.S.; authorizing 
 4 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to 
 5 provide state agencies and certain third parties with 
 6 access to certain driver license information for 
 7 specified purposes with the licensee’s consent; 
 8 authorizing such third parties to use licensee images, 
 9 signatures, and data in a certain manner under certain 
 10 circumstances; prohibiting such third parties from 
 11 retaining or selling certain data and information; 
 12 requiring the deposit of certain revenues into the 
 13 Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund; providing an 
 14 effective date. 
 15 
 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 17 
 18 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 322.142, Florida 
 19 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are added to 
 20 that section, to read: 
 21 322.142 Color photographic or digital imaged licenses.— 
 22 (4) The department may maintain a film negative or print 
 23 file. The department shall maintain a record of the digital 
 24 image and signature of the licensees, together with other data 
 25 required by the department for identification and retrieval. 
 26 Reproductions from the file or digital record are exempt from 
 27 the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and may be made and issued only: 
 28 (a) For departmental administrative purposes; 
 29 (b) For the issuance of duplicate licenses; 
 30 (c) For the purpose of fraud prevention, identity 
 31 verification, and ensuring the integrity or security of 
 32 individual identities within this state, with the licensee’s 
 33 consent, to any of the following: 
 34 1. A state agency pursuant to an interagency agreement with 
 35 the department. 
 36 2. A third party that has entered into a contract with the 
 37 department to perform identity verification services for persons 
 38 or entities, which services are regulated by a state agency 
 39 pursuant to standards established by the department; 
 40 (d) In response to law enforcement agency requests; 
 41 (e)(d) To the Department of Business and Professional 
 42 Regulation and the Department of Health pursuant to an 
 43 interagency agreement for the purpose of accessing digital 
 44 images for reproduction of licenses issued by the Department of 
 45 Business and Professional Regulation or the Department of 
 46 Health; 
 47 (f)(e) To the Department of State or a supervisor of 
 48 elections pursuant to an interagency agreement to facilitate 
 49 determinations of eligibility of voter registration applicants 
 50 and registered voters in accordance with ss. 98.045 and 98.075; 
 51 (g)(f) To the Department of Revenue pursuant to an 
 52 interagency agreement for use in establishing paternity and 
 53 establishing, modifying, or enforcing support obligations in 
 54 Title IV-D cases; 
 55 (h)(g) To the Department of Children and Families pursuant 
 56 to an interagency agreement to conduct protective investigations 
 57 under part III of chapter 39 and chapter 415; 
 58 (i)(h) To the Department of Children and Families pursuant 
 59 to an interagency agreement specifying the number of employees 
 60 in each of that department’s regions to be granted access to the 
 61 records for use as verification of identity to expedite the 
 62 determination of eligibility for public assistance and for use 
 63 in public assistance fraud investigations; 
 64 (j)(i) To the Agency for Health Care Administration 
 65 pursuant to an interagency agreement for the purpose of 
 66 authorized agencies verifying photographs in the Care Provider 
 67 Background Screening Clearinghouse authorized under s. 435.12; 
 68 (k)(j) To the Department of Financial Services pursuant to 
 69 an interagency agreement to facilitate the location of owners of 
 70 unclaimed property, the validation of unclaimed property claims, 
 71 the identification of fraudulent or false claims, and the 
 72 investigation of allegations of violations of the insurance code 
 73 by licensees and unlicensed persons; 
 74 (l)(k) To the Department of Commerce pursuant to an 
 75 interagency agreement to facilitate the validation of 
 76 reemployment assistance claims and the identification of 
 77 fraudulent or false reemployment as