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Became law SENATE · SESSION 2026 · CHAPTER 2026-117

No. CS/SB 7002

OGSR/Department of Military Affairs/United States Department of Defense
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Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
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6/10/2026

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OGSR/Department of Military Affairs/United States Department of Defense; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Military Affairs stored in a United States Department of Defense system of records, transmitted using a United States Department of Defense network or communications device, or pertaining to the United States Department of Defense; extending the scheduled repeal date of the exemption, etc.

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AI-GENERATED
Extends the public records exemption for DoD-held military data by five years.

The Department of Military Affairs currently keeps certain records exempt from public disclosure if they are stored in a U.S. Department of Defense system or network. This exemption is set to automatically expire on October 2, 2026, unless the Legislature acts to keep it.

The bill changes the expiration date from 2026 to 2031. This gives the Department five additional years to hold these records without releasing them to the public, provided the Legislature does not intervene to repeal the exemption sooner.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Exemption Repeal Date majors. 119.0712(4)

AIExtends the automatic expiration of the public records exemption by five years.

“shall stand repealed on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.”
TIMELINE
6/12/2026
Chapter No. 2026-117
6/10/2026
Approved by Governor
6/9/2026
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
3/17/2026
Ordered enrolled
3/9/2026
CS passed; YEAS 105, NAYS 0
3/9/2026
Read 3rd time
3/9/2026
Added to Third Reading Calendar
3/9/2026
Read 2nd time
3/5/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
2/16/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/10/2026
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/10/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026)
2/10/2026
Bill referred to House Calendar
1/29/2026
In Messages
1/29/2026
Immediately certified -SJ 236
1/29/2026
CS passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 3 -SJ 234
1/29/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 234
1/29/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 234
1/27/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26
1/27/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
1/27/2026
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 1
1/22/2026
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
1/14/2026
Now in Rules
1/13/2026
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
1/13/2026
Introduced
1/13/2026
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
1/12/2026
CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
1/5/2026
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability,...
11/4/2025
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
11/4/2025
Filed
11/4/2025
Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Military and...
10/27/2025
On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and...
10/27/2025
Submitted for consideration by Military and Veterans Affairs,...
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 119.0712
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