Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0103 Introduced / Bill

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A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2 
119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public 3 
records requirements for the personal identifying and 4 
location information of current county attorneys, 5 
assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, 6 
city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy 7 
city attorneys and the names and personal identifying 8 
and location information of the spouses and ch ildren 9 
of such attorneys; providing an exception; providing 10 
for future legislative review and repeal of the 11 
exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; 12 
providing an effective date. 13 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 
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 Section 1.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 17 
119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 18 
 119.071  General exemptions from inspection or copying of 19 
public records.— 20 
 (4)  AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION. — 21 
 (d)1.  For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 22 
 a.  "Home addresses" means the dwelling location at which 23 
an individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 24 
address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 25     
 
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identification number, legal property description, neighborho od 26 
name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive 27 
property information that may reveal the home address. 28 
 b.  "Judicial assistant" means a court employee assigned to 29 
the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 30 
 c.  "Telephone numbers" includes home telephone numbers, 31 
personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone 32 
numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 33 
communications devices. 34 
 2.a.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 35 
birth, and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 36 
personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 37 
a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 38 
correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 39 
Children and Families whose d uties include the investigation of 40 
abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 41 
activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 42 
are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 43 
personnel of the Department of R evenue or local governments 44 
whose responsibilities include revenue collection and 45 
enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 46 
addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 47 
places of employment of the spouses and children of s uch 48 
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 49 
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 50     
 
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from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 51 
Constitution. 52 
 b.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth , 53 
and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 54 
personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 55 
include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers' compensation 56 
coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 57 
activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 58 
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 59 
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 60 
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 61 
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 62 
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 63 
Constitution. 64 
 c.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 65 
and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 66 
personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation's Bureau of 67 
Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation 68 
of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 69 
regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 70 
telephone numbers, dates of birth , and places of employment of 71 
the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 72 
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 73 
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 74 
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 75     
 
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 d.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 76 
and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in 77 
compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone 78 
numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment 79 
of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names 80 
and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 81 
children of such firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 82 
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 83 
 e.  The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone 84 
numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court, 85 
district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and 86 
county court judges, and of current judicial assistants; the 87 
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dat es of birth, and 88 
places of employment of the spouses and children of current or 89 
former justices and judges and of current judicial assistants; 90 
and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities 91 
attended by the children of current or former just ices and 92 
judges and of current judicial assistants are exempt from s. 93 
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This 94 
sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review 95 
Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on 96 
October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 97 
reenactment by the Legislature. 98 
 f.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 99 
and photographs of current or former state attorneys, assistant 100     
 
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state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide 101 
prosecutors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 102 
photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the 103 
spouses and children of current or former state attorneys, 104 
assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant 105 
statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools 106 
and day care facilities attended by the children of current or 107 
former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide 108 
prosecutors, or assis tant statewide prosecutors are exempt from 109 
s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 110 
 g.  The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone 111 
numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of 112 
compensation claims, administrativ e law judges of the Division 113 
of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement 114 
hearing officers; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 115 
dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and 116 
children of general magistrates, special magi strates, judges of 117 
compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division 118 
of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement 119 
hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day 120 
care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates, 121 
special magistrates, judges of compensation claims, 122 
administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative 123 
Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are 124 
exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 125     
 
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Constitution. 126 
 h.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 127 
and photographs of current or former human resource, labor 128 
relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors, 129 
managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency 130 
or water management district whose duties include hiring and 131 
firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or 132 
other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses, 133 
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 134 
the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 135 
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 136 
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 137 
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 138 
 i.  The home addresses, telephone numbers , dates of birth, 139 
and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers; 140 
the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 141 
and places of employment of the spouses and children of such 142 
personnel; and the names and locations of schools a nd day care 143 
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 144 
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 145 
Constitution. 146 
 j.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of 147 
employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or f ormer 148 
guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.820; the names, home 149 
addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of 150     
 
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employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the 151 
names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 152 
by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 153 
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 154 
 k.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 155 
and photographs of current or former juvenile probation 156 
officers, juvenile probation sup ervisors, detention 157 
superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile 158 
justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention 159 
officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers, 160 
juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II, 161 
juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor 162 
supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior 163 
human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation 164 
therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of 165 
Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 166 
dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children 167 
of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and 168 
day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel 169 
are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 170 
Constitution. 171 
 l.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 172 
and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant 173 
public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, 174 
and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; the 175     
 
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names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 176 
places of employment of the spouses and children of current or 177 
former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal 178 
conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal 179 
conflict and civil regional counsel; and the names and locations 180 
of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of 181 
current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders, 182 
criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant 183 
criminal conflict and civil regional counsel are exempt from s. 184 
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 185 
 m.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 186 
and photographs of curre nt or former investigators or inspectors 187 
of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the 188 
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 189 
places of employment of the spouses and children of such current 190 
or former investigators a nd inspectors; and the names and 191 
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 192 
children of such current or former investigators and inspectors 193 
are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 194 
Constitution. 195 
 n.  The home address es, telephone numbers, and dates of 196 
birth of county tax collectors; the names, home addresses, 197 
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 198 
the spouses and children of such tax collectors; and the names 199 
and locations of schools and day ca re facilities attended by the 200     
 
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children of such tax collectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 201 
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 202 
 o.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 203 
and photographs of current or former personnel of the Dep artment 204 
of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination 205 
or adjudication of eligibility for social security disability 206 
benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed 207 
against health care practitioners, or the inspection of hea lth 208 
care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the 209 
Department of Health; the names, home addresses, telephone 210 
numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses 211 
and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of 212 
schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such 213 
personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 214 
the State Constitution. 215 
 p.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 216 
and photographs of current or former impaired pr actitioner 217 
consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former 218 
employees of an impaired practitioner consultant whose duties 219 
result in a determination of a person's skill and safety to 220 
practice a licensed profession; the names, home addresses, 221 
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 222 
the spouses and children of such consultants or their employees; 223 
and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities 224 
attended by the children of such consultants or employees are 225     
 
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exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 226 
Constitution. 227 
 q.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 228 
and photographs of current or former emergency medical 229 
technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the 230 
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 231 
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 232 
emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and 233 
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 234 
children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are 235 
exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 236 
Constitution. 237 
 r.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 238 
and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an 239 
agency's office of ins pector general or internal audit 240 
department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste, 241 
fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that 242 
could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline; 243 
the names, home addresses, teleph one numbers, dates of birth, 244 
and places of employment of spouses and children of such 245 
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 246 
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 247 
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 248 
Constitution. 249 
 s.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 250     
 
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and photographs of current or former directors, managers, 251 
supervisors, nurses, and clinical employees of an addiction 252 
treatment facility; the home addresses, telephone numb ers, 253 
photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the 254 
spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 255 
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 256 
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 257 
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this 258 
sub-subparagraph, the term "addiction treatment facility" means 259 
a county government, or agency thereof, that is licensed 260 
pursuant to s. 397.401 and provides substance abuse prevention, 261 
intervention, or clinical treatment, including any licensed 262 
service component described in s. 397.311(26). 263 
 t.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 264 
and photographs of current or former directors, managers, 265 
supervisors, and clinical employees of a child a dvocacy center 266 
that meets the standards of s. 39.3035(2) and fulfills the 267 
screening requirement of s. 39.3035(3), and the members of a 268 
Child Protection Team as described in s. 39.303 whose duties 269 
include supporting the investigation of child abuse or sexua l 270 
abuse, child abandonment, child neglect, and child exploitation 271 
or to provide services as part of a multidisciplinary case 272 
review team; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 273 
photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the 274 
spouses and children of such personnel and members; and the 275     
 
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names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 276 
by the children of such personnel and members are exempt from s. 277 
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 278 
 u.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of 279 
employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former 280 
staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s. 281 
90.5036(1)(b), of domestic violence centers certified by the 282 
Department of Children and Families unde r chapter 39; the names, 283 
home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates 284 
of birth, and photographs of the spouses and children of such 285 
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 286 
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 287 
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 288 
Constitution. 289 
 v.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 290 
and photographs of current or former inspectors or investigators 291 
of the Department of Agriculture and Consum er Services; the 292 
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 293 
places of employment of the spouses and children of current or 294 
former inspectors or investigators; and the names and locations 295 
of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of 296 
current or former inspectors or investigators are exempt from s. 297 
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This 298 
sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review 299 
Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand r epealed on 300     
 
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October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 301 
reenactment by the Legislature. 302 
 w.  The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 303 
and photographs of current county attorneys, assistant county 304 
attorneys, deputy county att orneys, city attorneys, assistant 305 
city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys; the names, home 306 
addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 307 
places of employment of the spouses and children of current 308 
county attorneys, assistant county attor neys, deputy county 309 
attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy 310 
city attorneys; and the names and locations of schools and day 311 
care facilities attended by the children of current county 312 
attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy coun ty attorneys, 313 
city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city 314 
attorneys are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 315 
the State Constitution. This exemption does not apply to a 316 
county attorney, assistant county attorney, deputy county 317 
attorney, city attorney, assistant city attorney, or deputy city 318 
attorney who qualifies as a candidate for election to public 319 
office. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government 320 
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 321 
repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from 322 
repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 323 
 3.  An agency that is the custodian of the information 324 
specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the 325     
 
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officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in 326 
subparagraph 2. must maintain the exempt status of that 327 
information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other 328 
person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a 329 
written and notarized request for mainten ance of the exemption 330 
to the custodial agency. The request must state under oath the 331 
statutory basis for the individual's exemption request and 332 
confirm the individual's status as a party eligible for exempt 333 
status. 334 
 4.a.  A county property appraiser, as de fined in s. 335 
192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s. 336 
192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for 337 
maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3. must 338 
comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status 339 
and the instrument number or Official Records book and page 340 
number identifying the property with the exempt status from all 341 
publicly available records maintained by the property appraiser 342 
or tax collector. For written requests received on or before 343 
July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax 344 
collector must comply with this sub -subparagraph by October 1, 345 
2021. A county property appraiser or county tax collector may 346 
not remove the street address, legal description, or other 347 
information identifying real property within the agency's 348 
records so long as a name or personal information otherwise 349 
exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is 350     
 
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not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the 351 
public records of the agency. 352 
 b.  Any information restricted from public display, 353 
inspection, or copying under sub -subparagraph a. must be 354 
provided to the individual whose information was removed. 355 
 5.  An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other 356 
person specified in subparagraph 2 . may submit a written request 357 
for the release of his or her exempt information to the 358 
custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must 359 
specify the information to be released and the party authorized 360 
to receive the information. Upon receipt of the written request, 361 
the custodial agency must release the specified information to 362 
the party authorized to receive such information. 363 
 6.  The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information 364 
held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date o f the 365 
exemption. 366 
 7.  Information made exempt under this paragraph may be 367 
disclosed pursuant to s. 28.2221 to a title insurer authorized 368 
pursuant to s. 624.401 and its affiliates as defined in s. 369 
624.10; a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as 370 
defined in s. 626.841(1) or (2), respectively; or an attorney 371 
duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing 372 
with The Florida Bar. 373 
 8.  The exempt status of a home address contained in the 374 
Official Records is maintained only during the p eriod when a 375     
 
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protected party resides at the dwelling location. Upon 376 
conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such 377 
real property no longer constitutes a protected party's home 378 
address as defined in sub -subparagraph 1.a., the protected par ty 379 
must submit a written request to release the removed information 380 
to the county recorder. The written request to release the 381 
removed information must be notarized, must confirm that a 382 
protected party's request for release is pursuant to a 383 
conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the 384 
Official Records book and page, instrument number, or clerk's 385 
file number for each document containing the information to be 386 
released. 387 
 9.  Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a 388 
certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party 389 
can request the county recorder to release a protected 390 
decedent's removed information unless there is a related request 391 
on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the 392 
decedent's information or unless such removal is otherwise 393 
prohibited by statute or by court order. The written request to 394 
release the removed information upon the death of a protected 395 
party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or 396 
court order and must be notariz ed, must confirm the request for 397 
release is due to the death of a protected party, and must 398 
specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument 399 
number, or clerk's file number for each document containing the 400     
 
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information to be released. A fee may not be charged for the 401 
release of any document pursuant to such request. 402 
 10.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 403 
paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government 404 
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 405 
repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from 406 
repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 407 
 Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public 408 
necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 409 
birth, and photographs of current co unty attorneys, assistant 410 
county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, 411 
assistant city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys be made 412 
exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), 413 
Article I of the State Constitution. The Legislature further 414 
finds that it is a public necessity that the names, home 415 
addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 416 
places of employment of the spouses and children, and the names 417 
and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by 418 
such children, of current county attorneys, assistant county 419 
attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, assistant 420 
city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys be made exempt from s. 421 
119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 422 
State Constitution. The responsibilities of county attorneys, 423 
assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city 424 
attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys 425     
 
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regularly involve legal enforcement proceedings in areas of 426 
neglect and abuse relate d to violations of codes and ordinances. 427 
Legal enforcement proceedings have led to retribution and 428 
threats by defendants and other persons on numerous occasions. 429 
Such attorneys have received death threats and e -mails from 430 
disgruntled persons advocating the murder of other attorneys. 431 
Other incidents have included the stalking of such attorneys and 432 
their spouses and children. The Legislature finds that the 433 
release of such personal identifying and location information 434 
could place such attorneys and their spous es and children in 435 
danger of being stalked or physically and emotionally harmed by 436 
a defendant or other person. The Legislature finds that the harm 437 
that may result from the release of such personal identifying 438 
and location information outweighs any public benefit that may 439 
be derived from the disclosure of the information, except in the 440 
case of a current county attorney, assistant county attorney, 441 
deputy county attorney, city attorney, assistant city attorney, 442 
or deputy city attorney who qualifies as a candi date for 443 
election to public office. 444 
 Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 445