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FL S1546

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ana Rodriguez

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts the home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of current and former employees and commissioners of the Florida Commission on Ethics from public records requirements
  • Extends the exemption to cover the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and places of employment of spouses and children of Commission on Ethics personnel, as well as the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by their children
  • Justifies the exemption by citing acts of intimidation against Commission employees and commissioners—including threatening emails, phone calls, and threats of contact at personal residences—by dissatisfied complainants whose ethics complaints did not result in desired action
  • Subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and will stand repealed on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature
  • Takes effect July 1, 2026, with retroactive application to information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the exemption

Legislative Description

Public Records/Commission on Ethics

Last Action

Introduced

1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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