Florida 2024 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0983 Comm Sub / 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 clerks of the circuit 5 
court, deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk 6 
of the circuit court personnel and the names and 7 
personal identifying and location information of the 8 
spouses and children of such clerks, deputy cle rks, 9 
and clerk personnel; providing for future legislative 10 
review and repeal of the exemption; providing for 11 
retroactive application; providing a statement of 12 
public necessity; 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 descript ion, neighborhood 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 duties 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 Revenue 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 an d children of such 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 Stat e 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, telepho ne numbers, dates 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 justices 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 
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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 
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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 clerks of the circuit court, deputy 304 
clerks of the circuit court , and clerk of the circuit court 305 
personnel; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates 306 
of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children 307 
of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks of the 308 
circuit court, and clerk of the circ uit court personnel; and the 309 
names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 310 
by the children of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy 311 
clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court 312 
personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) a nd s. 24(a), Art. I of 313 
the State Constitution. This sub -subparagraph is subject to the 314 
Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 315 
and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and 316 
saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 317 
 3.  An agency that is the custodian of the information 318 
specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the 319 
officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in 320 
subparagraph 2. must maintain the exempt status of tha t 321 
information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other 322 
person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a 323 
written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption 324 
to the custodial agency. The request must state under oath th e 325     
 
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statutory basis for the individual's exemption request and 326 
confirm the individual's status as a party eligible for exempt 327 
status. 328 
 4.a.  A county property appraiser, as defined in s. 329 
192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s. 330 
192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for 331 
maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3. must 332 
comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status 333 
and the instrument number or Official Records book and page 334 
number identifying the property with the exempt status from all 335 
publicly available records maintained by the property appraiser 336 
or tax collector. For written requests received on or before 337 
July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax 338 
collector must comply with this su b-subparagraph by October 1, 339 
2021. A county property appraiser or county tax collector may 340 
not remove the street address, legal description, or other 341 
information identifying real property within the agency's 342 
records so long as a name or personal informatio n otherwise 343 
exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is 344 
not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the 345 
public records of the agency. 346 
 b.  Any information restricted from public display, 347 
inspection, or copying under sub -subparagraph a. must be 348 
provided to the individual whose information was removed. 349 
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person specified in subparagraph 2. may submit a written request 351 
for the release of his or her exempt information to the 352 
custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must 353 
specify the information to be released and the party authorized 354 
to receive the information. Upon receipt of the written request, 355 
the custodial agency must release the specified informatio n to 356 
the party authorized to receive such information. 357 
 6.  The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information 358 
held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the 359 
exemption. 360 
 7.  Information made exempt under this paragraph may be 361 
disclosed pursuant to s. 28.2221 to a title insurer authorized 362 
pursuant to s. 624.401 and its affiliates as defined in s. 363 
624.10; a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as 364 
defined in s. 626.841(1) or (2), respectively; or an attorney 365 
duly admitted to pra ctice law in this state and in good standing 366 
with The Florida Bar. 367 
 8.  The exempt status of a home address contained in the 368 
Official Records is maintained only during the period when a 369 
protected party resides at the dwelling location. Upon 370 
conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such 371 
real property no longer constitutes a protected party's home 372 
address as defined in sub -subparagraph 1.a., the protected party 373 
must submit a written request to release the removed information 374 
to the county recorder. The written request to release the 375     
 
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removed information must be notarized, must confirm that a 376 
protected party's request for release is pursuant to a 377 
conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the 378 
Official Records book and page, i nstrument number, or clerk's 379 
file number for each document containing the information to be 380 
released. 381 
 9.  Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a 382 
certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party 383 
can request the county recorder to release a protected 384 
decedent's removed information unless there is a related request 385 
on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the 386 
decedent's information or unless such removal is otherwise 387 
prohibited by statute or by court order. The wr itten request to 388 
release the removed information upon the death of a protected 389 
party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or 390 
court order and must be notarized, must confirm the request for 391 
release is due to the death of a protected party, and must 392 
specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument 393 
number, or clerk's file number for each document containing the 394 
information to be released. A fee may not be charged for the 395 
release of any document pursuant to such request. 396 
 10.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 397 
paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government 398 
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 399 
repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from 400     
 
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repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 401 
 Section 2.  The Legislature finds that it is a public 402 
necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 403 
birth, and photographs of current clerks of the circuit court, 404 
deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the cir cuit 405 
court personnel; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 406 
dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and 407 
children of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks 408 
of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel; 409 
and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities 410 
attended by the children of current clerks of the circuit court, 411 
deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit 412 
court personnel be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida 413 
Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State Constitution. The 414 
responsibilities of clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks 415 
of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel 416 
regularly include involvement in legal enforcement, divorce, and 417 
child support proceedings and, as a result, clerks of the 418 
circuit court, deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of 419 
the circuit court personnel have received death threats, 420 
harassing telephone calls and e -mails, and threats of physical 421 
violence from disgruntle d individuals. The Legislature finds 422 
that the release of such personal identifying and location 423 
information may place clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks 424 
of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel 425     
 
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in danger of being physically or emotionally harmed or stalked. 426 
The Legislature finds that the harm that may result from the 427 
release of such personal identifying and location information 428 
outweighs any public benefit that may be derived from the 429 
disclosure of the information. 430 
 Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 431