SB 830 full text · Session Watch

Florida Senate - 2026 SB 830 By Senator Leek 7-00899-26 2026830__

1 A bill to be entitled

2 An act relating to public records; amending s.

3 119.071, F.S.; providing an exemption from public

4 records requirements for the personal identifying and

5 location information of current county administrators,

6 deputy county administrators, assistant county

7 administrators, city managers, deputy city managers,

8 and assistant city managers, including the names and

9 personal identifying and location information of the

10 spouses and children of current county administrators,

11 deputy county administrators, assistant county

12 administrators, city managers, deputy city managers,

13 and assistant city managers; providing for future

14 legislative review and repeal; providing for

15 retroactive application; providing a statement of

16 public necessity; providing an effective date.

18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

20 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section

21 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

22 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of

23 public records.—

24 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—

25 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:

26 a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an

27 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing

28 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot

29 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood

30 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive

31 property information that may reveal the home address.

32 b. “Judicial assistant” means a court employee assigned to

33 the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and 8320.

34 c. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers,

35 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone

36 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal

37 communications devices.

38 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

39 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement

40 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by

41 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and

42 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of

43 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of

44 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal

45 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties

46 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and

47 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments

48 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and

49 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home

50 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and

51 places of employment of the spouses and children of such

52 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care

53 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt

54 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

55 Constitution.

56 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

57 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative

58 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties

59 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation

60 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal

61 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the

62 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and

63 places of employment of the spouses and children of such

64 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care

65 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt

66 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

67 Constitution.

68 c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

69 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative

70 personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of

71 Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation

72 of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state

73 regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses,

74 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of

75 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and

76 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

77 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.

78 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

79 d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

80 and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in

81 compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone

82 numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment

83 of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names

84 and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

85 children of such firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and

86 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

87 e. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone

88 numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court,

89 district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and

90 county court judges and current judicial assistants; the names,

91 home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of

92 employment of the spouses and children of current or former

93 justices and judges and current judicial assistants; and the

94 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended

95 by the children of current or former justices and judges and of

96 current judicial assistants are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.

97 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This sub-subparagraph

98 is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in

99 accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,

100 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment

101 by the Legislature.

102 f. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

103 and photographs of current or former state attorneys, assistant

104 state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide

105 prosecutors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,

106 photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the

107 spouses and children of current or former state attorneys,

108 assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant

109 statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools

110 and day care facilities attended by the children of current or

111 former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide

112 prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from

113 s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

114 g. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone

115 numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of

116 compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division

117 of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement

118 hearing officers; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,

119 dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and

120 children of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of

121 compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division

122 of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement

123 hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day

124 care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates,

125 special magistrates, judges of compensation claims,

126 administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative

127 Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are

128 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

129 Constitution.

130 h. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

131 and photographs of current or former human resource, labor

132 relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors,

133 managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency

134 or water management district whose duties include hiring and

135 firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or

136 other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses,

137 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of

138 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and

139 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

140 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.

141 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

142 i. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

143 and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers;

144 the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

145 and places of employment of the spouses and children of such

146 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care

147 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt

148 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

149 Constitution.

150 j. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of

151 employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former

152 guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.01; the names, home

153 addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of

154 employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the

155 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended

156 by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and

157 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

158 k. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

159 and photographs of current or former juvenile probation

160 officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention

161 superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile

162 justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention

163 officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers,

164 juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II,

165 juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor

166 supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior

167 human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation

168 therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of

169 Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,

170 dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children

171 of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and

172 day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel

173 are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

174 Constitution.

175 l. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

176 and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant

177 public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel,

178 and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; the

179 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and

180 places of employment of the spouses and children of current or

181 former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal

182 conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal

183 conflict and civil regional counsel; and the names and locations

184 of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of

185 current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders,

186 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant

187 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel are exempt from s.

188 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

189 m. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

190 and photographs of current or former investigators or inspectors

191 of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the

192 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and

193 places of employment of the spouses and children of such current

194 or former investigators and inspectors; and the names and

195 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

196 children of such current or former investigators and inspectors

197 are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

198 Constitution.

199 n. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of

200 birth of county tax collectors; the names, home addresses,

201 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of

202 the spouses and children of such tax collectors; and the names

203 and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

204 children of such tax collectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and

205 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

206 o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

207 and photographs of current or former personnel of the Department

208 of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination

209 or adjudication of eligibility for social security disability

210 benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed

211 against health care practitioners, or the inspection of health

212 care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the

213 Department of Health; the names, home addresses, telephone

214 numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses

215 and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of

216 schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such

217 personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of

218 the State Constitution.

219 p. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

220 and photographs of current or former impaired practitioner

221 consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former

222 employees of an impaired practitioner consultant whose duties

223 result in a determination of a person’s skill and safety to

224 practice a licensed profession; the names, home addresses,

225 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of

226 the spouses and children of such consultants or their employees;

227 and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities

228 attended by the children of such consultants or employees are

229 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

230 Constitution.

231 q. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

232 and photographs of current or former emergency medical

233 technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the

234 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and

235 places of employment of the spouses and children of such

236 emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and

237 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

238 children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are

239 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

240 Constitution.

241 r. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

242 and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an

243 agency’s office of inspector general or internal audit

244 department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste,

245 fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that

246 could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline;

247 the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

248 and places of employment of spouses and children of such

249 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care

250 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt

251 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

252 Constitution.

253 s. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

254 and photographs of current or former directors, managers,

255 supervisors, nurses, and clinical employees of an addiction

256 treatment facility; the home addresses, telephone numbers,

257 photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the

258 spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and

259 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the

260 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.

261 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this

262 sub-subparagraph, the term “addiction treatment facility” means

263 a county government, or agency thereof, that is licensed

264 pursuant to s. 397.401 and provides substance abuse prevention,

265 intervention, or clinical treatment, including any licensed

266 service component described in s. 397.311(27).

267 t. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

268 and photographs of current or former directors, managers,

269 supervisors, and clinical employees of a child advocacy center

270 that meets the standards of s. 39.3035(2) and fulfills the

271 screening requirement of s. 39.3035(3), and the members of a

272 Child Protection Team as described in s. 39.303 whose duties

273 include supporting the investigation of child abuse or sexual

274 abuse, child abandonment, child neglect, and child exploitation

275 or to provide services as part of a multidisciplinary case

276 review team; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,

277 photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the

278 spouses and children of such personnel and members; and the

279 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended

280 by the children of such personnel and members are exempt from s.

281 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

282 u. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of

283 employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former

284 staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s.

285 90.5036(1)(b), of domestic violence centers certified by the

286 Department of Children and Families under chapter 39; the names,

287 home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates

288 of birth, and photographs of the spouses and children of such

289 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care

290 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt

291 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State

292 Constitution.

293 v. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

294 and photographs of current or former inspectors or investigators

295 of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the

296 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and

297 places of employment of the spouses and children of current or

298 former inspectors or investigators; and the names and locations

299 of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of

300 current or former inspectors or investigators are exempt from s.

301 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This

302 sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review

303 Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on

304 October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through

305 reenactment by the Legislature.

306 w. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

307 and photographs of current county attorneys, assistant county

308 attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, assistant

309 city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys; the names, home

310 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and

311 places of employment of the spouses and children of current

312 county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county

313 attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy

314 city attorneys; and the names and locations of schools and day

315 care facilities attended by the children of current county

316 attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys,

317 city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city

318 attorneys are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of

319 the State Constitution. This exemption does not apply to a

320 county attorney, assistant county attorney, deputy county

321 attorney, city attorney, assistant city attorney, or deputy city

322 attorney who qualifies as a candidate for election to public

323 office. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government

324 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand

325 repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from

326 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

327 x. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

328 and photographs of current or former commissioners of the

329 Florida Gaming Control Commission; the names, home addresses,

330 telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and places of

331 employment of the spouses and children of such current or former

332 commissioners; and the names and locations of schools and day

333 care facilities attended by the children of such current or

334 former commissioners are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a),

335 Art. I of the State Constitution. This sub-subparagraph is

336 subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance

337 with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029,

338 unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the

339 Legislature.

340 y. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,

341 and photographs of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy

342 clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court

343 personnel; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates

344 of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children

345 of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks of the

346 circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel; and the

347 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended

348 by the children of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy

349 clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court

350 personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of

351 the State Constitution. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the

352 Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15

353 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and

354 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

355 z.(I) As used in this sub-subparagraph, the term:

356 (A) “Congressional member” means a person who is elected to

357 serve as a member of the United States House of Representatives

358 or is elected or appointed to serve as a member of the United

359 States Senate.

360 (B) “Partial home address” means the dwelling location at

361 which an individual resides and includes the physical address,

362 mailing address, street address, parcel identification number,

363 plot identification number, legal property description,

364 neighborhood name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other

365 descriptive property information that may reveal the partial

366 home address, except for the city and zip code.

367 (C) “Public officer” means a person who holds one of the

368 following offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Chief

369 Financial Officer, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner,

370 state representative, state senator, property appraiser,

371 supervisor of elections, school superintendent, school board

372 member, mayor, city commissioner, or county commissioner.

373 (II) The following information is exempt from s. 119.07(1)

374 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution:

375 (A) The partial home addresses of a current congressional

376 member or public officer and his or her spouse or adult child.

377 (B) The telephone numbers of a current congressional member

378 or public officer and his or her spouse or adult child.

379 (C) The name, home addresses, telephone numbers, and date

380 of birth of a minor child of a current congressional member or

381 public officer and the name and location of the school or day

382 care facility attended by the minor child.

383 (III) This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open

384 Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and

385 shall stand repealed on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and

386 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

387 aa. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of

388 birth of current county administrators, deputy county

389 administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers,

390 deputy city managers, and assistant city managers; the names,

391 home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs,

392 and places of employment of the spouses and children of current

393 county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant

394 county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and

395 assistant city managers; and the names and locations of schools

396 and day care facilities attended by the children of current

397 county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant

398 county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and

399 assistant city managers are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.

400 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This sub-subparagraph

401 is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in

402 accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,

403 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment

404 by the Legislature.

405 3.a. An agency that is the custodian of the information

406 specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the

407 officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in

408 subparagraph 2. must maintain the exempt status of that

409 information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other

410 person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a

411 written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption

412 to the custodial agency. The request must state under oath the

413 statutory basis for the individual’s exemption request and

414 confirm the individual’s status as a party eligible for exempt

415 status.

416 b. An agency that is the custodian of information specified

417 in sub-subparagraph 2.z. and that is not the employer of the

418 congressional member, public officer, or other person specified

419 in sub-subparagraph 2.z. must maintain the exempt status of that

420 information only if an individual requests the maintenance of an

421 exemption pursuant to sub-subparagraph 2.z. on the basis of

422 eligibility as a current congressional member or public officer

423 and his or her spouse or child submits, as part of the written

424 and notarized request required by sub-subparagraph a., the date

425 of the congressional member’s or public officer’s election or

426 appointment to public office, the date on which that office is

427 next subject to election, and, if applicable, the date on which

428 the current congressional member’s or public officer’s minor

429 child reaches the age of majority. The custodian must maintain

430 an exemption granted pursuant to sub-subparagraph 2.z. until the

431 qualifying conditions for the exemption no longer apply to the

432 person subject to the exemption.

433 4.a. A county property appraiser, as defined in s.

434 192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s.

435 192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for

436 maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3. must

437 comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status

438 and the instrument number or Official Records book and page

439 number identifying the property with the exempt status from all

440 publicly available records maintained by the property appraiser

441 or tax collector. For written requests received on or before

442 July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax

443 collector must comply with this sub-subparagraph by October 1,

444 2021. A county property appraiser or county tax collector may

445 not remove the street address, legal description, or other

446 information identifying real property within the agency’s

447 records so long as a name or personal information otherwise

448 exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is

449 not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the

450 public records of the agency.

451 b. Any information restricted from public display,

452 inspection, or copying under sub-subparagraph a. must be

453 provided to the individual whose information was removed.

454 5. An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other

455 person specified in subparagraph 2. may submit a written request

456 for the release of his or her exempt information to the

457 custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must

458 specify the information to be released and the party authorized

459 to receive the information. Upon receipt of the written request,

460 the custodial agency must release the specified information to

461 the party authorized to receive such information.

462 6. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information

463 held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the

464 exemption.

465 7. Information made exempt under this paragraph may be

466 disclosed pursuant to s. 28.2221 to a title insurer authorized

467 pursuant to s. 624.401 and its affiliates as defined in s.

468 624.10; a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as

469 defined in s. 626.841(1) or (2), respectively; or an attorney

470 duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing

471 with The Florida Bar.

472 8. The exempt status of a home address contained in the

473 Official Records is maintained only during the period when a

474 protected party resides at the dwelling location. Upon

475 conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such

476 real property no longer constitutes a protected party’s home

477 address as defined in sub-subparagraph 1.a., the protected party

478 must submit a written request to release the removed information

479 to the county recorder. The written request to release the

480 removed information must be notarized, must confirm that a

481 protected party’s request for release is pursuant to a

482 conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the

483 Official Records book and page, instrument number, or clerk’s

484 file number for each document containing the information to be

485 released.

486 9. Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a

487 certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party

488 can request the county recorder to release a protected

489 decedent’s removed information unless there is a related request

490 on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the

491 decedent’s information or unless such removal is otherwise

492 prohibited by statute or by court order. The written request to

493 release the removed information upon the death of a protected

494 party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or

495 court order and must be notarized, must confirm the request for

496 release is due to the death of a protected party, and must

497 specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument

498 number, or clerk’s file number for each document containing the

499 information to be released. A fee may not be charged for the

500 release of any document pursuant to such request.

501 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public

502 necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates

503 of birth of current county administrators, deputy county

504 administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers,

505 deputy city managers, and assistant city managers; the names,

506 home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs,

507 and places of employment of the spouses and children of current

508 county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant

509 county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and

510 assistant city managers; and the names and locations of schools

511 and day care facilities attended by the children of current

512 county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant

513 county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and

514 assistant city managers be made exempt from s. 119.07(1),

515 Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State

516 Constitution. Such identifying and location information can be

517 used as a tool to perpetrate fraud against an individual or to

518 acquire sensitive personal, financial, medical, or familial

519 information, the release of which could cause great financial or

520 professional harm to the individual. In the course of performing

521 their managerial functions, current county administrators,

522 deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators,

523 city managers, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers

524 may make decisions and determinations that upset members of the

525 public and may incur the ill will of those residents, making

526 current county administrators, deputy county administrators,

527 assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city

528 managers, and assistant city managers and their spouses and

529 children targets for acts of revenge. If such identifying and

530 location information is released, the safety of current county

531 administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county

532 administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and

533 assistant city managers and their spouses and children could be

534 seriously jeopardized. For these reasons, the Legislature finds

535 that it is a public necessity that such information be made

536 exempt from public records requirements.

537 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.