Florida SB 1546: Public Records/Commission on Ethics

Bill Text

1546 
Public Records/Commission on Ethics 
2026-01-09T03:23:06Z 
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former employees and commissioners of the Commission on Ethics and their spouses and dependents; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application 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 1546 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-01511A-26 20261546__ 
 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 current and former employees 
 6 and commissioners of the Commission on Ethics and 
 7 their spouses and dependents; providing for future 
 8 legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 
 9 providing for retroactive application of the 
 10 exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; 
 11 providing an effective date. 
 12 
 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 14 
 15 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 
 16 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 17 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 
 18 public records.— 
 19 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.— 
 20 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 
 21 a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an 
 22 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 
 23 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 
 24 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 
 25 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 
 26 property information that may reveal the home address. 
 27 b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned to 
 28 the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 
 29 c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers, 
 30 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 
 31 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 
 32 communications devices. 
 33 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 34 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 
 35 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 
 36 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 
 37 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 
 38 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 
 39 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 
 40 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 
 41 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 
 42 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 
 43 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 
 44 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 
 45 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 
 46 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 47 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 48 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 49 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 50 Constitution. 
 51 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 52 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 53 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 
 54 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation 
 55 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 
 56 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 
 57 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 
 58 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 
 59 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 
 60 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 
 61 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 
 62 Constitution. 
 63 c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 64 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 
 65 personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of 
 66 Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation 
 67 of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 
 68 regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 
 69 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 
 70 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 
 71 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 
 72 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 
 73 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 
 74 d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 
 75 and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in 
 76 compliance with s.