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Superseded — its companion passed HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 939

Pub. Rec./E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
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SPONSOR
Yarkosky
FILED BY
Taylor Yarkosky — District 25, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
on the same date that HB 937 or similar legislation takes effect
COMPANION
SB 490 — HB 939 was set aside and its companion carried the policy

Filed under Local Government.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Pub. Rec./E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain e-mail addresses collected by DHSMV; provides for retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Extends the state's email privacy shield to vessel registrations.

Florida already keeps email addresses that DHSMV collects for driver license, ID card, and vehicle registration renewal notices confidential. This bill adds email addresses collected for vessel registration renewal notices to that same exemption.

The exemption gains its own sunset clause: it automatically expires on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reviews it and votes to keep it in place.

This bill only takes effect if a companion bill, HB 937, or similar legislation expanding when DHSMV can notify people by email, also becomes law in the same legislative session.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Adds vessel-registration emails to the DHSMV exemption moderates. 119.0712

AIEmail addresses the department collects under s. 328.30(3) for vessel registration renewal notices are now exempt from public-records disclosure, alongside the driver license, ID card, and vehicle registration emails already covered.

“pursuant to s. 319.40(3), s. 320.95(2), s. 322.08(10), or s. 328.30(3)”
§ 2 Gives this exemption its own sunset date moderates. 119.0712

AIThe email exemption for driver, ID card, vehicle, and now vessel registration notices is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act and automatically repeals on October 2, 2031, unless the Legislature reenacts it.

“This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2031” bill text, line 23 →
§ 3 Ties this act's effective date to a companion bill's passage moderate

AIThis act does not take effect on its own. It only becomes law if HB 937, or similar legislation expanding when the department can notify people by email, also passes and becomes law in the same legislative session or an extension of it.

“This act shall take effect on the same date that HB 937 or similar legislation takes effect” bill text, line 61 →
TIMELINE
3/9/2026
Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see SB 490 (Ch. 2026-40...
2/24/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/24/2026
Bill released to House Calendar
2/24/2026
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
2/24/2026
Favorable by State Affairs Committee
2/20/2026
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2/5/2026
Now in State Affairs Committee
2/5/2026
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
2/5/2026
Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
2/3/2026
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2026
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/12/2026
Referred to State Affairs Committee
1/12/2026
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
12/30/2025
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 119.0712
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STAFF ANALYSES