Florida HB 7017: Pub. Rec./Photographs or Video or Audio Recordings that Depict or Record the Killing of a Victim of Mass Violence

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2
Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.0715, F.S., which 3
provides an exemption from public record requirements 4
for a trade secret held by an agency; removing the 5
scheduled repeal of the exemption; amending ss. 6
287.137, 288.075, 334.049, 408.185, 409.91196, 7
440.108, 497.172, 501.171, 501.1735, 501.2041, 8
501.722, 520.9965, 548.062, 559.5558, 569.215, 9
627.0628, and 1004.4472; removing references to trade 10
secrets from public records exemptions; providing an 11
effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 119.0715, Florida 16
Statutes, is amended to read: 17
119.0715 Trade secrets held by an agency.— 18
(5) OPEN GOVERNMENT SUNSET REVIEW.—This section is subject 19
to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 20
119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2026, unless 21
reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 22
Legislature. 23
Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (8) of section 24
287.137, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 25

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287.137 Antitrust violations; denial or revocation of the 26
right to transact business with public entities; denial of 27
economic benefits.— 28
(8) 29
(d) For purposes of this subsection, the term "proprietary 30
business information" means information that: 31
1. Is owned or controlled by the business; 32
2. Is intended to be private and is treated by the 33
business as private because disclosure would harm the business 34
or its business operations; 35
3. Has not been disclosed except as required by law or a 36
private agreement that provides that the information will not be 37
released to the public; 38
4. Is not publicly available or otherwise readily 39
ascertainable through proper means from another source in the 40
same configuration as received by the Attorney General; and 41
5. Includes: 42
a. Trade secrets as defined in s. 688.002. 43
b. competitive interests, the disclosure of which would 44
impair the competitive advantage of the business that is the 45
subject of the information. 46
Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and subsection 47
(3) of section 288.075, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 48
288.075 Confidentiality of records.— 49
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 50

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(c) "Trade secret" has the same meaning as in s. 688.002. 51
(3) TRADE SECRETS.—Trade secrets held by an economic 52
development agency are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) 53
and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 54
Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 334.049, Florida 55
Statutes, is amended to read: 56
334.049 Patents, copyrights, trademarks; notice to 57
Department of State; confidentiality of trade secrets.— 58
(4) Any information obtained by the department as a result 59
of research and development projects and revealing a method of 60
process, production, or manufacture which is a trade secret as 61
defined in s. 688.002, is confidential and exempt from the 62
provisions of s. 119.07(1). 63
Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 408.185, Florida 64
Statutes, is amended to read: 65
408.185 Information submitted for review of antitrust 66
issues; confidentiality.—The following information held by the 67
Office of the Attorney General, which is submitted by a member 68
of the health care community pursuant to a request for an 69
antitrust no-action letter shall be confidential and exempt from 70
the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 71
Constitution for 1 year after the date of submission. 72
(1) Documents that reveal trade secrets as defined in s. 73
688.002. 74
Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 409.91196, Florida 75

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Statutes, is amended to read: 76
409.91196 Supplemental rebate agreements; public records 77
and public meetings exemption.— 78
(1) The rebate amount, percent of rebate, manufacturer's 79
pricing, and supplemental rebate, and other trade secrets as 80
defined in s. 688.002 that the agency has identified for use in 81
negotiations, held by the Agency for Health Care Administration 82
under s. 409.912(5)(a)7. are confidential and exempt from s. 83
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 84
Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of