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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 or former employees of 5
the Judicial Qualifications Commission and the 6
personal identifying and location information of the 7
spouses and children of such employees; providing for 8
future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 9
providing for retroactive application of the 10
exemption; providing a statement of public necessity; 11
providing an 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. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 16
119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 17
119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of 18
public records.— 19
(4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION. — 20
(d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term: 21
a. "Home addresses" means the dwelling location at which 22
an individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing 23
address, street address, parcel identification number, plot 24
identification number, legal property description, neighborhood 25
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name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descripti ve 26
property information that may reveal the home address. 27
b. "Judicial assistant" means a court employee assigned to 28
the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320. 29
c. "Telephone numbers" includes home telephone numbers, 30
personal cellular teleph one numbers, personal pager telephone 31
numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal 32
communications devices. 33
2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 34
birth, and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement 35
personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by 36
a law enforcement agency, including correctional and 37
correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of 38
Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of 39
abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal 40
activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties 41
are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and 42
personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments 43
whose responsibilities include reven ue collection and 44
enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home 45
addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 46
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 47
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day ca re 48
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 49
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 50
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Constitution. 51
b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 52
and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 53
personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties 54
include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers' compensation 55
coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal 56
activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the 57
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 58
places of employment of the spouses and children of such 59
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 60
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 61
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 62
Constitution. 63
c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 64
and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative 65
personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation's Bureau of 66
Financial Investigations who se duties include the investigation 67
of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state 68
regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses, 69
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 70
the spouses and children of such p ersonnel; and the names and 71
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 72
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 73
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 74
d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 75
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and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in 76
compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone 77
numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment 78
of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names 79
and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 80
children of such firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 81
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 82
e. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone 83
numbers of current or former just ices of the Supreme Court, 84
district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and 85
county court judges and current judicial assistants; the names, 86
home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of 87
employment of the spouses and children of current or former 88
justices and judges and current judicial assistants; and the 89
names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 90
by the children of current or former justices and judges and 91
current judicial assistants are exempt from s. 119. 07(1) and s. 92
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This sub -subparagraph 93
is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in 94
accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 95
2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactm ent 96
by the Legislature. 97
f. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 98
and photographs of current or former state attorneys, assistant 99
state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide 100
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prosecutors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 101
photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the 102
spouses and children of current or former state attorneys, 103
assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant 104
statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools 105
and day care facilities attended by the children of current or 106
former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide 107
prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from 108
s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 109
g. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone 110
numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of 111
compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division 112
of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement 113
hearing officers; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 114
dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and 115
children of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of 116
compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division 117
of Administrative Hea rings, and child support enforcement 118
hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day 119
care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates, 120
special magistrates, judges of compensation claims, 121
administrative law judges of the Divi sion of Administrative 122
Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are 123
exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 124
Constitution. 125
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h. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 126
and photographs of current or former hu man resource, labor 127
relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors, 128
managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency 129
or water management district whose duties include hiring and 130
firing employees, labor contract negotiation, a dministration, or 131
other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses, 132
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 133
the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and 134
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 135
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 136
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 137
i. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 138
and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers; 139
the names, home addre sses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 140
and places of employment of the spouses and children of such 141
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 142
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 143
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 2 4(a), Art. I of the State 144
Constitution. 145
j. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of 146
employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former 147
guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.01; the names, home 148
addresses, telephone numbers, dates o f birth, and places of 149
employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the 150
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names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 151
by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 152
s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constituti on. 153
k. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 154
and photographs of current or former juvenile probation 155
officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention 156
superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile 157
justice detention off icers I and II, juvenile justice detention 158
officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers, 159
juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II, 160
juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor 161
supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior 162
human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation 163
therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of 164
Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 165
dates of birth, and places of employment of spous es and children 166
of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and 167
day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel 168
are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 169
Constitution. 170
l. The home addresses, telephone num bers, dates of birth, 171
and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant 172
public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, 173
and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; the 174
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 175
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places of employment of the spouses and children of current or 176
former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal 177
conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal 178
conflict and civil regional counsel; and the names and locations 179
of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of 180
current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders, 181
criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant 182
criminal conflict and civil regional counsel are exemp t from s. 183
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 184
m. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 185
and photographs of current or former investigators or inspectors 186
of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the 187
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 188
places of employment of the spouses and children of such current 189
or former investigators and inspectors; and the names and 190
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 191
children of such current or former investigators and inspectors 192
are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 193
Constitution. 194
n. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of 195
birth of county tax collectors; the names, home addresses, 196
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 197
the spouses and children of such tax collectors; and the names 198
and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 199
children of such tax collectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and 200
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s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 201
o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 202
and photographs of current or former personnel of the Department 203
of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination 204
or adjudication of eligibility f or social security disability 205
benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed 206
against health care practitioners, or the inspection of health 207
care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the 208
Department of Health; the names, home a ddresses, telephone 209
numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses 210
and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of 211
schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such 212
personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 213
the State Constitution. 214
p. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 215
and photographs of current or former impaired practitioner 216
consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former 217
employees of an impaired pract itioner consultant whose duties 218
result in a determination of a person's skill and safety to 219
practice a licensed profession; the names, home addresses, 220
telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of 221
the spouses and children of such consultan ts or their employees; 222
and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities 223
attended by the children of such consultants or employees are 224
exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 225
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Constitution. 226
q. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 227
and photographs of current or former emergency medical 228
technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the 229
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 230
places of employment of the spouses and children of suc h 231
emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and 232
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 233
children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are 234
exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 235
Constitution. 236
r. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 237
and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an 238
agency's office of inspector general or internal audit 239
department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste, 240
fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that 241
could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline; 242
the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 243
and places of employment of spouses and children of such 244
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 245
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 246
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 247
Constitution. 248
s. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 249
and photographs of c urrent or former directors, managers, 250
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supervisors, nurses, and clinical employees of an addiction 251
treatment facility; the home addresses, telephone numbers, 252
photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the 253
spouses and children of such personnel ; and the names and 254
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 255
children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 256
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this 257
sub-subparagraph, the term "addiction treatment fa cility" means 258
a county government, or agency thereof, that is licensed 259
pursuant to s. 397.401 and provides substance abuse prevention, 260
intervention, or clinical treatment, including any licensed 261
service component described in s. 397.311(27). 262
t. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 263
and photographs of current or former directors, managers, 264
supervisors, and clinical employees of a child advocacy center 265
that meets the standards of s. 39.3035(2) and fulfills the 266
screening requirement of s. 39 .3035(3), and the members of a 267
Child Protection Team as described in s. 39.303 whose duties 268
include supporting the investigation of child abuse or sexual 269
abuse, child abandonment, child neglect, and child exploitation 270
or to provide services as part of a mu ltidisciplinary case 271
review team; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, 272
photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the 273
spouses and children of such personnel and members; and the 274
names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 275
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by the children of such personnel and members are exempt from s. 276
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 277
u. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of 278
employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former 279
staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s. 280
90.5036(1)(b), of domestic violence centers certified by the 281
Department of Children and Families under chapter 39; the names, 282
home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates 283
of birth, and photographs of the spouses and children of such 284
personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care 285
facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt 286
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 287
Constitution. 288
v. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 289
and photographs of current or former inspectors or investigators 290
of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the 291
names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 292
places of employment of t he spouses and children of current or 293
former inspectors or investigators; and the names and locations 294
of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of 295
current or former inspectors or investigators are exempt from s. 296
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Ar t. I of the State Constitution. This 297
sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review 298
Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on 299
October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through 300
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reenactment by the Legislature . 301
w. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 302
and photographs of current county attorneys, assistant county 303
attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, assistant 304
city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys; the names, home 305
addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and 306
places of employment of the spouses and children of current 307
county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county 308
attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy 309
city attorneys; and the names and locations of schools and day 310
care facilities attended by the children of current county 311
attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, 312
city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city 313
attorneys are exempt from s. 119 .07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 314
the State Constitution. This exemption does not apply to a 315
county attorney, assistant county attorney, deputy county 316
attorney, city attorney, assistant city attorney, or deputy city 317
attorney who qualifies as a candidate for e lection to public 318
office. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government 319
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 320
repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from 321
repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 322
x. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 323
and photographs of current or former commissioners of the 324
Florida Gaming Control Commission; the names, home addresses, 325
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telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and places of 326
employment of the spouses and children of such current or former 327
commissioners; and the names and locations of schools and day 328
care facilities attended by the children of such current or 329
former commissioners are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 330
Art. I of the State Con stitution. This sub-subparagraph is 331
subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance 332
with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, 333
unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 334
Legislature. 335
y. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 336
and photographs of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy 337
clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court 338
personnel; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates 339
of birth, and places of emplo yment of the spouses and children 340
of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks of the 341
circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel; and the 342
names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 343
by the children of current clerk s of the circuit court, deputy 344
clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court 345
personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of 346
the State Constitution. This sub -subparagraph is subject to the 347
Open Government Sunset Review Act in a ccordance with s. 119.15 348
and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and 349
saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 350
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z. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 351
and photographs of current and former employees of the Judicial 352
Qualifications Commission; the names, home addresses, telephone 353
numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and places of employment 354
of the spouses and children of current and former employees of 355
the Judicial Qualifications Commission; and the na mes and 356
locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 357
children of current and former employees of the Judicial 358
Qualifications Commission are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 359
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This sub -subparagraph 360
is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in 361
accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 362
2030, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment 363
by the Legislature. 364
3. An agency that is the custodian of the information 365
specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the 366
officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in 367
subparagraph 2. must maintain the exempt status of that 368
information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other 369
person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a 370
written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption 371
to the custodial agency. The request must state under oath the 372
statutory basis for the individual's exemption request and 373
confirm the individual's status as a party eligible for exempt 374
status. 375
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4.a. A county property appraiser, as defined in s. 376
192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s. 377
192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for 378
maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3. must 379
comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status 380
and the instrument number or Official Records book and page 381
number identifying the property with the exempt status from all 382
publicly available records mainta ined by the property appraiser 383
or tax collector. For written requests received on or before 384
July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax 385
collector must comply with this sub -subparagraph by October 1, 386
2021. A county property appraiser or county t ax collector may 387
not remove the street address, legal description, or other 388
information identifying real property within the agency's 389
records so long as a name or personal information otherwise 390
exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is 391
not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the 392
public records of the agency. 393
b. Any information restricted from public display, 394
inspection, or copying under sub -subparagraph a. must be 395
provided to the individual whose information was rem oved. 396
5. An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other 397
person specified in subparagraph 2. may submit a written request 398
for the release of his or her exempt information to the 399
custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must 400
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specify the information to be released and the party authorized 401
to receive the information. Upon receipt of the written request, 402
the custodial agency must release the specified information to 403
the party authorized to receive such information. 404
6. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information 405
held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the 406
exemption. 407
7. Information made exempt under this paragraph may be 408
disclosed pursuant to s. 28.2221 to a title insurer authorized 409
pursuant to s. 624.4 01 and its affiliates as defined in s. 410
624.10; a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as 411
defined in s. 626.841(1) or (2), respectively; or an attorney 412
duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing 413
with The Florida Bar. 414
8. The exempt status of a home address contained in the 415
Official Records is maintained only during the period when a 416
protected party resides at the dwelling location. Upon 417
conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such 418
real property no longer constitutes a protected party's home 419
address as defined in sub -subparagraph 1.a., the protected party 420
must submit a written request to release the removed information 421
to the county recorder. The written request to release the 422
removed information must be no tarized, must confirm that a 423
protected party's request for release is pursuant to a 424
conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the 425
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Official Records book and page, instrument number, or clerk's 426
file number for each document containing the information to be 427
released. 428
9. Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a 429
certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party 430
can request the county recorder to release a protected 431
decedent's removed information unless there is a re lated request 432
on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the 433
decedent's information or unless such removal is otherwise 434
prohibited by statute or by court order. The written request to 435
release the removed information upon the death of a prote cted 436
party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or 437
court order and must be notarized, must confirm the request for 438
release is due to the death of a protected party, and must 439
specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument 440
number, or clerk's file number for each document containing the 441
information to be released. A fee may not be charged for the 442
release of any document pursuant to such request. 443
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 444
necessity that home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 445
birth, and photographs of current or former employees of the 446
Judicial Qualifications Commission; the names, home addresses, 447
telephone numbers, dates of bir th, photographs, and places of 448
employment of the spouses and children of current or former 449
employees of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; and the 450
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names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended 451
by the children of current or former emp loyees of the Judicial 452
Qualifications Commission be made exempt from s. 119.07(1), 453
Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State 454
Constitution. The responsibilities of the Judicial 455
Qualifications Commission include the investigation of 456
allegations of judicial misconduct which are routinely received 457
from criminal and civil litigants who are dissatisfied with 458
adverse results in judicial proceedings. When the Commission, 459
after review and investigation of such complaints, does not 460
discipline a judge or does not take the complainant's preferred 461
course of action against a judge, these dissatisfied litigants 462
sometimes turn their ire towards Commission employees as part of 463
their campaign against the actions of the judge in the 464
underlying litigation. Commissi on employees have been subject to 465
acts of intimidation by such dissatisfied litigants, including 466
being harassed, intimidated, and stalked online, having false 467
and defamatory statements posted on social media, being 468
threatened via emails or telephone calls, and being 469
inappropriately contacted regarding commission affairs at the 470
personal residences of employees and their family members. These 471
acts of intimidation have placed Judicial Qualifications 472
Commission employees in fear of harm by disgruntled litigants 473
who seek punishment of judges by the Commission for unfavorable 474
litigation results. The Legislature finds that the release of 475
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personal identifying and location information of employees of 476
the Judicial Qualifications Commission and their families may 477
place them at risk of physical harm and harassment and the risk 478
of such harm and harassment outweighs any public benefit that 479
may be derived from the public disclosure of such information. 480
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 481