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FL H0397
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Exempts from public records requirements the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current and former employees, board members, and volunteers of crime stoppers organizations as defined in s. 16.557(1), Florida Statutes
- Extends the exemption to the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such crime stoppers personnel, as well as the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by their children
- Justifies the exemption on the grounds that individuals involved in criminal investigations may retaliate against crime stoppers employees, board members, and volunteers who collect sensitive tip information, forward tips to law enforcement, and pay rewards to anonymous tipsters
- Subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and scheduled to stand repealed on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through legislative reenactment
- Applies retroactively to information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date, with an effective date of July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations
Last Action
Died in State Affairs Committee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
State Affairs4/10/2025
Criminal Justice Subcommittee2/12/2025
Full Bill Text
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