No. SB 258
Filed under Local Government.
Public Records/Medical Examiners ; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former medical examiners and the spouses and children of such medical examiners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; 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 medical examiners from disclosure under Florida's public records law and constitution.
The definition of medical examiner explicitly reaches any employee, deputy, or agent working for a district, associate, or substitute examiner, not only the examiner personally.
Spouses and children of these examiners 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.
This exemption takes effect immediately once the bill is signed into law, rather than waiting for a later date, and it automatically expires October 2, 2031 absent reenactment.
AIThe exemption covers district, associate, and substitute medical examiners acting under chapter 406, and explicitly extends to any employee, deputy, or agent working for such an examiner, not just the examiner personally.
AIHome addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and photographs of current and former medical examiners are removed from public records access and from the state constitutional right of access.
AISpouses and children of these examiners 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.
AILike other entries on this list, the medical examiner exemption automatically sunsets in five years unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to keep it in force.