FL S1436

Exempts from public disclosure official records relating to matters or cases governed by the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, preventing placement on public websites and requiring removal of records already posted.

Makes dismissed injunction petitions confidential and exempt from public records requirements, with automatic removal for petitions dismissed after the bill's effective date and removal upon request by named respondents for petitions dismissed before the effective date.

Specifies that family law records and dismissed injunction petitions contain sensitive personal and financial information whose privacy interests outweigh public benefit, and that unverified allegations in dismissed petitions could be defamatory.

Subjects both exemptions to the Open Government Sunset Review Act with automatic repeal on October 2, 2021, unless the Legislature reenacts the exemptions.

Makes technical corrections to statutory language regarding internet website references and grammatical phrasing in section 28.2221, F.S.