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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
626.171, F.S.; providing a public records exemption 3
for cellular telephone numbers and secure login 4
credentials obtained by the Department of Financial 5
Services through certain insurance license 6
applications; providing applicability; providing a 7
definition; providing for future legislative review 8
and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of 9
public necessity; providing a directive to the 10
Division of Law Revision; providing a contingent 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 (8) is added to section 626.171, 16
Florida Statutes, as amended by HB 98 9 or similar legislation, 17
2024 Regular Session, to read: 18
626.171 Application for license as an agent, customer 19
representative, adjuster, service representative, or reinsurance 20
intermediary.— 21
(8)(a) Cellular telephone numbers collected by the 22
department under subsection (2) are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 23
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption 24
applies to cellular telephone numbers held by the department 25
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before, on, or after the effective date of this act. 26
(b) Secure login credentia ls held by the department for 27
the purpose of allowing a person to electronically file or 28
review records under this section are exempt from s. 119.07(1) 29
and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption 30
applies to secure login credentials held by the department 31
before, on, or after the effective date of this act. As used in 32
this paragraph, the term "secure login credential" means 33
information held by the department for purposes of 34
authenticating a user's logging into a user account on a 35
computer, a computer system, a computer network, or an 36
electronic device; an online user account accessible via the 37
Internet, whether through a mobile device, a website, or any 38
other electronic means; or information used for authentication 39
or password recovery. 40
(c) This subsection is subject to the Open Government 41
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 42
repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from 43
repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 44
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 45
necessity that all cellular phone numbers and secure login 46
credentials held by the Department of Financial Services 47
relating to electronically filed applications for licenses as 48
insurance agents, customer representatives, adjusters, service 49
representatives, and reinsurance intermediaries be made exempt 50
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from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of 51
the State Constitution. The unintentional publication of such 52
information may subject the filer to identity theft, finan cial 53
harm, or other adverse impacts. Without this public records 54
exemption, the effective and efficient administration of the 55
electronic filing system, which is otherwise designed to 56
increase the ease of filing records, would be hindered. For 57
these reasons, the Legislature finds that the public records 58
exemption for all cellular phone numbers and secure login 59
credentials held by the Department of Financial Services 60
relating to electronically filed applications for licenses as 61
insurance agents, customer repr esentatives, adjusters, service 62
representatives, and reinsurance intermediaries serves a public 63
purpose. 64
Section 3. The Division of Law Revision is directed to 65
replace the phrase "the effective date of this act" wherever it 66
occurs in this act with the date this act becomes a law. 67
Section 4. This act shall take effect on the same date 68
that HB 989 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 69
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 70
extension thereof and becomes a law. 71