No. CS/SB 410
Filed under Local Government.
Public Records/Private Investigators; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former private investigators licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the spouses and children of such private investigators; 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-GENERATEDCurrent and former private investigators licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services gain a public-records exemption for their home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs, removing this information from public disclosure.
The same protection covers spouses and children of those investigators, shielding their names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and employers, along with the schools and day cares the children attend.
The Legislature justifies the exemption by citing investigators' sensitive work, including uncovering fraud and locating missing persons, and the retaliation risk that work invites from people under investigation.
Like similar exemptions, this one is not permanent: mandatory legislative sunset review applies, and the protection automatically expires on October 2, 2031, unless lawmakers renew it.
AIRemoves public access to the home address, telephone number, date of birth, and photograph of any current or former private investigator licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
AIExtends the same protection to spouses and children of those investigators, covering their names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and employers, plus the names and locations of schools and day care facilities the children attend.
AIThe exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and automatically repeals five years after taking effect unless the Legislature reviews and reenacts it first.