Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H7001 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/19/2025

                               
 
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A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2 
Sunset Review Act; amending s. 379.1026, F.S., which 3 
provides an exemption from public record s requirements 4 
for site-specific location information of certain 5 
endangered and threatened species; removing the 6 
scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an 7 
effective date. 8 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 
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 Section 1.  Section 379.1026, Florida Statutes, is amended 12 
to read: 13 
 379.1026  Site-specific location information for endangered 14 
and threatened species; public records exemption. —The site-15 
specific location information held by an agency as defined in s. 16 
119.011 concerning an endangered species as defined in s. 17 
379.2291(3)(b), a threatened species as defined in s. 18 
379.2291(3)(c), or a species listed by a federal agency as 19 
endangered or threatened, is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 20 
24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This exemption does not 21 
apply to the site-specific location information of animals held 22 
in captivity. This section is subject to the Open Government 23 
Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand 24 
repealed on October 2, 2025, unless reviewe d and saved from 25     
 
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repeal by the Legislature. 26 
 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025. 27