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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 90

Public Records/Receipt or Transfer of Ammunition
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SPONSOR
Polsky
FILED BY
Tina Scott Polsky — District 30, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
On the same date that SB 88 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
DIED IN
Criminal Justice

Filed under Criminal Justice.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Public Records/Receipt or Transfer of Ammunition; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for the reversion of specified statutory text unless certain conditions are met; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Exempts ammunition purchase records from public disclosure.

The Department of Law Enforcement must keep records of ammunition buyers who pass background checks confidential. These records are now exempt from public disclosure requests under state law.

The confidentiality exemption expires on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews and reenacts it. If not renewed, the law reverts to its pre-2026 text.

The bill states that revealing ammunition purchases could be used to harass innocent citizens who exercise their Second Amendment rights.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Confidentiality of Ammunition Records majors. 790.065(4)(a)

AIMakes records of ammunition buyers who pass background checks confidential and exempt from public disclosure.

“Any records containing any of the information set forth in subsection (1) pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of a firea” bill text, line 19 →
§ 2 Mandatory Destruction of Records majors. 790.065(4)(a)

AIRequires the Department of Law Enforcement to destroy these records within 48 hours of responding to the licensee.

“The Department of Law Enforcement shall destroy any such records forthwith after it communicates the approval and nonapproval numbers to the licensee and, in any event, such” bill text, line 28 →
§ 3 Sunset Repeal and Reversion majors. 2

AIRepeals the confidentiality exemption on October 2, 2031, reverting the statute to its pre-2026 text unless the Legislature reenacts it.

“shall stand repealed on October 2, 2031, and the text of s. 790.065(4)(a), Florida Statutes, shall revert to that in existence on September 30, 2026” bill text, line 38 →
§ 4 Public Necessity Finding moderates. 3

AIDeclares that concealing ammunition purchase data is a public necessity to prevent harassment of law-abiding citizens.

“The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that the information pertaining to an individual who is a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or” bill text, line 46 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Criminal Justice
1/13/2026
Introduced
10/13/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal...
9/26/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 790.065
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