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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to public records; amending s. 877.19, 2
F.S.; requiring the Attorney General, rather than the 3
Governor, through the Department of Law Enforcement, 4
to collect and disseminate specified information; 5
expanding a public records exemption to include the 6
collection and dissemination of data on incidents of 7
criminal acts that evidence prejudice pursuant to ss. 8
775.085 and 775.0863, F.S.; providing for futu re 9
review and repeal of the expanded exemption; requiring 10
the Attorney General to publish an annual report, 11
rather than an annual summary; providing a statement 12
of public necessity; providing a contingent effective 13
date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislatu re of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Section 877.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to 18
read: 19
877.19 Hate Crimes Reporting Act. — 20
(1) SHORT TITLE.—This section shall may be cited as the 21
"Hate Crimes Reporting Act." 22
(2) ACQUISITION AND PUBLICATION OF DATA.—The Attorney 23
General Governor, through the Florida Department of Law 24
Enforcement, shall collect and disseminate data on incidents of 25
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criminal acts that evidence prejudice based on ss. 775.085 and 26
775.0863 race, religion, ethnicity, color, ancestry , sexual 27
orientation, or national origin . All law enforcement agencies 28
shall report monthly to the Florida Department of Law 29
Enforcement concerning such offenses in such form and in such 30
manner as prescribed by rules adopted by the department. Such 31
information must shall be compiled by the department and 32
disseminated upon request to any local law enforcement agency, 33
unit of local government, or state agency. 34
(3)(a) LIMITATION ON USE AND CONTENT OF DATA. —All Such 35
information gathered pursuant to this secti on is confidential 36
and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 37
Constitution. Data required pursuant to this section may shall 38
be used only for research or statistical purposes and may shall 39
not include any information that may reveal the identity of an 40
individual victim of a crime. 41
(b) This subsection is subject to the Open Government 42
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 43
repealed on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and saved from 44
repeal through reenactment by t he Legislature. 45
(4) ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARY.—The Attorney General shall 46
publish an annual report summary of the data required pursuant 47
to this section. 48
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 49
necessity to broaden the existing public record s exemption for 50
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information gathered pursuant to the Hate Crimes Reporting Act 51
under s. 877.19, Florida Statutes, to correspond to the expanded 52
classes covered under criminal acts evidencing prejudice in the 53
amendments made to ss. 775.085 and 775.0863, Flo rida Statutes, 54
and that such data be made confidential and exempt from s. 55
119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the 56
State Constitution. It is important that individuals in this 57
state who are victims of crimes evidencing prejudice be 58
accurately identified and counted, which will ensure that law 59
enforcement agencies have a more comprehensive picture of the 60
crimes being committed in this state and can apply their 61
resources more effectively. This will also allow the public and 62
researchers access to more detailed information about such 63
crimes that occur in this state and will ensure transparency. 64
For the foregoing reasons, the Legislature finds that it is a 65
public necessity to ensure that such information gathered 66
pursuant to the Hate Crimes Rep orting Act be made confidential 67
and exempt from public records requirements. 68
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 69
that HB 1029 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 70
legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 71
extension thereof and becomes a law. 72