No. SB 520
Filed under Local Government.
Public Records/State Retirement Plan/Division of Retirement; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for all records identifying participants in any state retirement plan administered by the Division of Retirement of the Department of Management Services and held by the division or the State Board of Administration; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; deleting provisions providing a limited exemption from public records requirements for certain retirement records; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDAll records identifying anyone in a state retirement plan, not just retirees and not just names and addresses, become exempt from Florida's Public Records Act and from the constitutional right of public access.
Previously, only bulk name-and-address lists of retirees were shielded, and anyone could still look up one person's record at a time. That individual-lookup right disappears entirely under the new language.
The old law let a retiree's union or retiree organization get names and addresses from the retiree's former employer for official business. The new version keeps disclosure open only between government agencies, dropping that specific pathway.
The exemption isn't permanent: it automatically expires on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews it and reenacts it, as Florida law requires for public-records exemptions like this one.
AIAny record identifying a participant, payee, or beneficiary of a state retirement plan held by the Division of Retirement or the State Board of Administration is exempt from the public records law and from the state constitution's right of access, not just names and addresses of retirees as before.
AIThe prior right for any person to view or copy a single named individual's retirement record at the Department of Management Services, one record at a time, is deleted and not replaced with any public-facing alternative.
AIThe prior carve-out letting a public agency give a retiree's name and address to that retiree's bargaining agent or a retiree organization for official business is deleted; the new text only lets records move between government agencies.
AIThe exemption is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and repeals on its own on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature specifically reviews it and reenacts it before then.