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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
119.071, F.S.; defining the term "law enforcement 3
geolocation information"; providing an exemption from 4
public records requirements for law enforcement 5
geolocation information held by a law enforcement 6
agency; providing for retroactive application; 7
providing applicability; providing for future 8
legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 9
providing a statement of public necessity; providing 10
an effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (4) of 15
section 119.071, Florida Statutes, to read: 16
119.071 General exemptions from inspect ion or copying of 17
public records.— 18
(4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION. — 19
(e)1. As used in this paragraph, the term "law enforcement 20
geolocation information" means information collected using a 21
global positioning system or another mapping, locational, or 22
directional information system that allows tracking of the 23
location or movement of a law enforcement officer or a law 24
enforcement vehicle. 25
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2. Law enforcement geolocation information held by a law 26
enforcement agency is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a) , 27
Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption applies to such 28
information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective 29
date of the exemption. This exemption does not apply to uniform 30
traffic citations, crash reports, homicide reports, arrest 31
reports, incident reports, or any other official reports issued 32
by an agency which contain law enforcement geolocation 33
information. 34
3. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset 35
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 36
on October 2, 2027, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 37
through reenactment by the Legislature. 38
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 39
necessity that geolocation information of law enforcement 40
officers and law enforcement vehicles be m ade exempt from s. 41
119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 42
State Constitution so that the safety of this state's law 43
enforcement officers and the privacy of this state's residents 44
may be reasonably assured. The Legislature recognizes th at the 45
regular and unregulated release of law enforcement geolocation 46
information can pose a danger to officers while on patrol, can 47
potentially result in the exposure of law enforcement officers' 48
residences, can release otherwise exempt surveillance and 49
investigative techniques, and can inadvertently disclose 50
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information about private residents which would otherwise be 51
exempt. Therefore, the Legislature finds that it is a public 52
necessity that law enforcement geolocation information be made 53
exempt from public record requirements and that such exemption 54
be applied retroactively. 55
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 56