Florida SB 376: Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders

Bill Text

376 
Public Records/Sexual Assault Counselors 
2025-11-04T09:09:44Z 
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of sexual assault counselors; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; 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 376 

 By Senator Polsky 

 30-00111-26 2026376__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to public records; amending s. 
 3 119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public 
 4 records requirements for the personal identifying and 
 5 location information of sexual assault counselors; 
 6 providing for future legislative review and repeal of 
 7 the exemption; providing for retroactive application; 
 8 providing a statement of public necessity; providing 
 9 an effective date. 
 10 
 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 12 
 13 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 
 14 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 15 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 
 16 public records.— 
 17 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 
 18 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 
 19 a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an 
 20 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 
 21 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 
 22 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 
 23 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 
 24 property information that may reveal the home address. 
 25 b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned to 
 26 the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 
 27 c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers, 
 28 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 
 29 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 
 30 communications devices. 
 31 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 32 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 
 33 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 
 34 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 
 35 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 
 36 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 
 37 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 
 38 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 
 39 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 
 40 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 
 41 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 
 42 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 
 43 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 
 44 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 45 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 46 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 47 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 48 Constitution. 
 49 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 50 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 51 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 
 52 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation 
 53 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 
 54 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 
 55 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 
 56 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 57 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 58 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 59 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 60 Constitution. 
 61 c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 62 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 63 personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of 
 64 Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation 
 65 of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 
 66 regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 
 67 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 
 68 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 
 69 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 
 70 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 
 71 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 72 d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 73 and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in 
 74 compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone 
 75 numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment 
 76 of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names 
 77 and locations of scho