No. HB 891
Pub. Rec./Office of the Corrections Ombudsman; Provides public records exemption for correspondence & communications with Office of Corrections Ombudsman and Corrections Oversight Committee; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThis bill makes correspondence and communications between the public or incarcerated persons and the Corrections Ombudsman's office confidential, exempting them from Florida's public records law and constitutional right of access.
The exemption automatically expires on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reviews and renews it. It only takes effect if the companion bill creating the ombudsman's office also becomes law.
AICorrespondence and communications between incarcerated persons or the public and the office, the Ombudsman, committee members, and staff are made confidential and exempt from the general public records law and the state constitutional right of access.
AIThe new confidentiality exemption is not permanent. It is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and automatically repeals on October 2, 2031 unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to keep it.
AIThis exemption only takes effect if HB 889, or similar legislation creating the Corrections Ombudsman's office, is adopted in the same legislative session and becomes law; otherwise this bill has nothing to attach to.