No. SB 248
Filed under Local Government.
Public Records/Municipal Clerks and their Staff ; Providing a public records exemption for personal identifying and location information of current and former municipal clerks and their staff and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such municipal clerks and their staff; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDA new public records exemption shields the home addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and photographs of current and former municipal clerks and their staff from disclosure under Florida's public records law and constitution.
The term staff explicitly reaches elections filing officers, records management liaison officers, and deputy or assistant municipal clerks, not only the clerk who holds the top position.
Spouses and children of these employees get the same protection for their names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and workplaces, plus the schools and day cares their children attend, though not photographs.
The exemption is set to expire October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews and reenacts it, following the standard sunset-review cycle for public records exemptions.
AIHome addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and photographs of current and former municipal clerks and their staff are removed from public records access and from the state constitutional right of access.
AISpouses and children of these employees get the same protection for their names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and places of employment, but the list does not include photographs of family members.
AIThe exemption explicitly reaches elections filing officers, records management liaison officers, and deputy or assistant municipal clerks, not only the municipal clerk position itself.
AILike other entries on this list, the municipal clerk exemption automatically sunsets in five years unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to keep it in force.