PROVIDED SUMMARY
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Provides public records & meetings exemptions relating to Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact & its committees; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Exempts social workers' personal data and certain compact meetings from disclosure.
Social workers' personal identifying information collected through a multistate licensure data system becomes exempt from Florida's public records law and constitutional right of access, unless the state that reported it authorizes release.
Meetings of the interstate compact commission and its committees can be closed to the public whenever they discuss matters exempted from disclosure by state or federal law, and the records from those closed sessions stay confidential too.
Both exemptions automatically expire on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reviews and renews them, following the standard sunset process required for every new Florida public-records exemption.
This entire law only takes effect if HB 13, or similar legislation creating the compact itself, also passes and becomes law in the same legislative session.
KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1
Exempts a social worker's compact data from public records law
majors. 491.023(1)
AIA social worker's personal identifying information obtained through the interstate compact's data system, other than name, license status, or license number, is exempt from Florida's public records law and constitutional right of access -- unless the reporting state authorizes disclosure.
“is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution unless the state that originally reported the information”
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§ 2
Lets the compact commission close meetings covering exempt matters
majors. 491.023(2)(a)
AIA meeting or portion of a meeting of the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission or its committees is exempt from Florida's open meetings law whenever it covers matters exempted from disclosure by federal or state law.
“at which matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or state law is exempt from s. 286.011”
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§ 3
Exempts the records generated during those closed sessions
moderates. 491.023(2)(b)
AIRecordings, minutes, and records generated during an exempt commission meeting or portion of one are themselves made exempt from Florida's public records law.
“Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an exempt meeting or portion of such a meeting are exempt from s. 119.07(1)”
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§ 4
Sets a 2031 automatic repeal unless the Legislature renews the exemptions
moderates. 491.023(3)
AIBoth exemptions are subject to Florida's Open Government Sunset Review Act and automatically repeal on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reviews and reenacts them first.
“shall stand repealed on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature”
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§ 5
Makes the whole act contingent on the compact bill itself becoming law
technicals. 491.023
AIThis exemption law only takes effect if HB 13 or similar compact-creating legislation is also adopted in the same legislative session, or an extension of it, and becomes law.
“if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law”
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TIMELINE
2/26/2026
Referred to Rules
2/25/2026
Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
2/25/2026
Added to Third Reading Calendar
2/19/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
2/18/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/18/2026
Bill released to House Calendar
2/18/2026
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
2/18/2026
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
2/16/2026
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
2/5/2026
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
2/5/2026
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
2/5/2026
Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
2/3/2026
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
12/9/2025
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
12/9/2025
Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
12/9/2025
Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
12/2/2025
Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
10/1/2025
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
10/1/2025
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
10/1/2025
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
10/1/2025
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
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