FL H0865

Amends Florida Statutes section 316.066 to create an exemption from public records requirements for personal contact information in motor vehicle crash reports, including home, cellular, and employment telephone numbers and addresses.

Restricts access to this personal information for 60 days after a crash report is filed, with the restriction applying specifically to free newspapers requesting 10 or more crash reports within a 24-hour period before the 60-day window closes.

Allows continued access to crash reports by parties involved in the crash, their legal representatives, insurance agents, insurers, law enforcement, prosecutorial authorities, and other specified agencies and entities.

Establishes that the exemption is intended to combat insurance fraud that occurs when crash information is unlawfully used to contact crash parties and solicit personal injury protection insurance claims.

Sunsets the exemption on October 2, 2019, unless the Legislature reviews and reenacts it; takes effect contingent upon HB 863 or similar legislation becoming law in the same legislative session.