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FL S1436

Bill

Status

Failed

5/2/2014

Primary Sponsor

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts information about the location of safe houses and safe foster homes from public records requirements under Florida law and the state constitution.

  • Allows information about safe house and foster home locations to be shared between agencies only as necessary to maintain health and safety standards or address emergency situations.

  • Establishes the exemption as subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act, with automatic repeal on October 2, 2019, unless the legislature reenacts it.

  • Identifies public necessity for the exemption based on protecting sexually exploited victims from contact with their exploiters and preventing additional victimization.

  • Takes effect on the same date that SB 1440 or similar human trafficking legislation takes effect, if adopted in the same legislative session.

Legislative Description

Public Records/Location of Safe Houses

Last Action

Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 989 (Ch. 2014-160)

5/2/2014

Committee Referrals

Governmental Oversight and Accountability4/7/2014
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs3/4/2014

Full Bill Text

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