PROVIDED SUMMARY
OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for information received by DHSMV as result of investigation or examination conducted pursuant to certain provisions.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Keeps four DHSMV investigation records exempt from public disclosure.
Four public-records exemptions covering information the department gathers during title, cancellation, dealer, and driver-record investigations were set to expire automatically on October 2, 2026. That expiration date is deleted from all four.
The underlying confidentiality rules are untouched. What disappears is only the built-in trigger that would have opened the records to the public on a set date without further action.
The four statutes cover different kinds of DHSMV inquiries, but the deleted sentence is word for word identical in each one, so the same change lands on all four at once.
KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1
Deletes the October 2026 sunset clause from four exemptions
moderates. 319.1414
AISections 319.1414(5), 319.25(7), 320.861(5), and 322.71(5) each lose the identical sentence requiring legislative reenactment by October 2, 2026 or automatic repeal. The underlying confidentiality itself is not touched, only its scheduled end date.
“shall stand repealed on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature”
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TIMELINE
3/9/2026
Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7012 (Ch. 2026-119 )
2/16/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/10/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026)
1/27/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
1/27/2026
Bill released to House Calendar
1/27/2026
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
1/27/2026
Favorable by State Affairs Committee
1/23/2026
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
1/20/2026
Now in State Affairs Committee
1/20/2026
Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
1/20/2026
Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
12/16/2025
Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
12/16/2025
Referred to State Affairs Committee
12/16/2025
Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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