Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1077 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to public records; amending s. 2
16	16	119.0712, F.S.; exempting from public records 3
17	17	requirements the e-mail addresses collected by the 4
18	18	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles when 5
19	19	providing renewal notices; expanding the exemption to 6
20	20	include e-mail addresses collected as a method of 7
21	21	notification to certain; expanding the exemption to 8
22	22	include e-mail addresses collected as a method of 9
23	23	notification related to vessel registrations; 10
24	24	providing retroactive applicability; providing for 11
25	25	future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; 12
26	26	providing a statement of public necessity; providing a 13
27	27	contingent effective date. 14
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29	29	Be It Enacted by the Legisla ture of the State of Florida: 16
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31	31	Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 18
32	32	119.0712, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 19
33	33	119.0712 Executive branch agency -specific exemptions from 20
34	34	inspection or copying of public records. — 21
35	35	(2) DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES. — 22
36	36	(c) E-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway 23
37	37	Safety and Motor Vehicles pursuant to s. 319.40(3), s. 24
38	38	320.95(2), or s. 322.08(10), or 328.30 are exempt from s. 25
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51	51	119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This 26
52	52	exemption applies retroactively. This paragraph is subject to 27
53	53	the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 28
54	54	119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2030, unless 29
55	55	reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by t he 30
56	56	Legislature. 31
57	57	Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 32
58	58	necessity that e-mail addresses collected by the Department of 33
59	59	Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles used as a method of 34
60	60	notification in lieu of the United States Postal Service be made 35
61	61	exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), 36
62	62	Article I of the State Constitution. Sections 320.95(2) and 37
63	63	322.08(10), Florida Statutes, currently authorize the Department 38
64	64	of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to collect and use 39
65	65	electronic mail in lieu of the United States Postal Service for 40
66	66	providing renewal notices related to motor vehicle license 41
67	67	plates, driver licenses, and identification cards but does not 42
68	68	provide this authority for other types of notifications. The 43
69	69	Department of Highway and M otor Vehicles is also currently 44
70	70	allowed to collect and use electronic mail addresses for 45
71	71	providing renewal notices related to vessel registrations 46
72	72	pursuant to s. 328.30(3), Florida Statutes. HB 1075_ expands the 47
73	73	circumstances in which electronic mail may b e used in lieu of 48
74	74	the United States Postal Service as a method of notification for 49
75	75	various notices and orders issued by the department, including, 50
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88	88	but not limited to, notices related to driver licenses, 51
89	89	identification cards, motor vehicle registrations, ve ssel 52
90	90	registrations, and orders to revoke, cancel, or suspend driver 53
91	91	licenses. The department's use of e -mail as a method for 54
92	92	corresponding with customers has steadily increased in recent 55
93	93	decades. E-mail addresses are unique to each individual and, 56
94	94	when combined with other personal identifying information, can 57
95	95	be used for identity theft, consumer scams, unwanted 58
96	96	solicitations, or other invasive contacts. The public 59
97	97	availability of personal e -mail addresses put the department's 60
98	98	customers at increased risk of these problems. Such risk may be 61
99	99	significantly limited by permitting the department to keep 62
100	100	customer e-mail addresses exempt. The Legislature finds that 63
101	101	these risks to consumers outweigh the state's public policy 64
102	102	favoring open government. 65
103	103	Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date 66
104	104	that HB 1075 or similar legislation takes effect , if such 67
105	105	legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an 68
106	106	extension thereof and becomes a law. 69