FL H0549

Amends Florida Statute 119.0714 to add "serious violence by a known person" to the list of injunction types whose petitions are exempt from public records requirements when dismissed without a hearing, dismissed for failure to state a claim or lack of jurisdiction, or dismissed for petition insufficiency without an injunction being issued

Makes identifying information for petitioners and respondents in serious violence injunction cases confidential and exempt from public disclosure until the respondent has been personally served with the petition, affidavits, notice of hearing, and temporary injunction

Extends existing public records protections that already apply to injunctions for domestic violence, repeat violence, dating violence, sexual violence, stalking, and cyberstalking to the new "serious violence by a known person" category

Legislature justifies the exemption by finding that unverified allegations in dismissed petitions may be defamatory and cause unwarranted reputational damage, and that premature release of identifying information could threaten the safety of petitioners, their families, and law enforcement

Effective date is contingent upon passage of HB 547 or similar legislation in the same legislative session