No. SB 1650
Filed under Local Government.
Public Records/Commission on Ethics; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information received by the commission or derived from its investigations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill makes confidential all information the Commission on Ethics receives or develops while investigating claims that someone took a prohibited personnel action against an ethics complainant, as long as the investigation is active.
This exemption is not permanent. It falls under the state's Open Government Sunset Review Act and will automatically repeal on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to keep it.
The new confidentiality rule cannot take effect on its own. It is written into a section of law that only exists if SB 92 or similar legislation passes this session and becomes law.
AICreates subsection (5) of s. 112.3243, making all information the Commission on Ethics receives, produces, or derives while investigating a prohibited personnel action against an ethics complainant confidential and exempt from the public records law and the constitutional right of access, for as long as the investigation is active.
AIThe new confidentiality provision is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act. It stands repealed on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to reenact it before that date.