| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sunset Review Act; amending s. 97.0585, F.S., which 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | provides an exemption from public record requirements 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | for information concerning preregistered voter 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | registration applicants who are minors; removing the 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | scheduled repeal of the exemption; authorizing the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | disclosure of confidential information in a certain 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | circumstance; providing an effective date. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. Section 97.0585, Florida Statutes, is amended 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | to read: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 97.0585 Public records exemption; information regarding 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | voters and voter registration; confidentiality. — 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) The following infor mation held by an agency, as 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | defined in s. 119.011, and obtained for the purpose of voter 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | registration is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may be used only for 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | purposes of voter registration: 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (a) All declinations to register to vote made pursuant to 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ss. 97.057 and 97.058. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Information relating to the place where a person 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | registered to vote or where a person updated a voter 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | registration. 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (c) The social security number, driver license number , and 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Florida identification number of a voter registration applicant 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | or voter. 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (d) All information concerning preregistered voter 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | registration applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age. This 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act i n 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2024, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | by the Legislature. 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (2) The signature of a voter registration applicant or a 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | voter is exempt from the copying requirements of s. 119.07(1) 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) Information made confidential and exempt under this 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | section may be disclosed to another governmental entity if 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | disclosure is necessary for the receiving entity to perform any 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | required duties directly related to election administration. 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4)(3) This section applies to information held by an 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | agency before, on, or after the effective date of this 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | exemption. 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 46 |
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