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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 942

Motor Vehicle Operator Privacy
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Calatayud
FILED BY
Alexis Calatayud — District 38, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Transportation

Filed under Local Government.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Motor Vehicle Operator Privacy; Citing this act as the "Driver Privacy Act"; prohibiting certain personal information and e-mail addresses from being sold to or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of concern, or foreign principal; providing for retroactive application; providing penalties for a third-party company that uses or releases certain information for a specified purpose, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Bars selling driver records to third-party companies or foreign principals.

The department can no longer sell or share personal information from a motor vehicle record, or an email address it collected from a driver, with a marketing firm, debt collector, insurance company, or data broker.

The same ban applies to sharing that information with a 'foreign country of concern' or a 'foreign principal' -- categories defined by cross-reference to a separate Florida statute on foreign-adversary interests.

Using or releasing Driver and Vehicle Information Database records for an unauthorized purpose is a noncriminal infraction carrying up to a $2,000 fine, and that penalty now explicitly names a third-party company as a covered violator, not just an individual.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Bars selling DPPA-protected driver data to third parties, foreign entities majors. 119.0712

AIPersonal information from a motor vehicle record that's confidential under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act can no longer be sold to or shared with a third-party company, a foreign country of concern, or a foreign principal.

“for mass commercial solicitation of clients for litigation against motor vehicle dealers and may not be sold to or shared with a third-party company” bill text, line 52 →
§ 2 Bars selling DHSMV-collected email addresses to the same recipients majors. 119.0712

AIEmail addresses the department collects during vehicle registration, tag renewal, or license issuance can no longer be sold to or shared with a third-party company, a foreign country of concern, or a foreign principal.

“Art. I of the State Constitution and may not be sold to or shared with a third-party company, foreign country of concern” bill text, line 59 →
§ 3 Extends the DAVID-misuse penalty to third-party companies majors. 119.0712

AIThe existing noncriminal-infraction penalty, up to a $2,000 fine, for unauthorized use or release of Driver and Vehicle Information Database records now explicitly names a third-party company as a covered violator, alongside an individual person.

“or third-party company that uses or releases any information contained in the Driver and Vehicle Information Database”
§ 4 Defines 'third-party company' for the new sale/sharing ban moderates. 119.0712

AIThe new bans on selling or sharing driver data rest on a fresh definition: a 'third-party company' is any marketing firm, debt collector, insurance company, or data broker.

“means any marketing firm, debt collector, insurance company, or data broker” bill text, line 44 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Transportation
1/13/2026
Introduced
1/5/2026
Referred to Transportation; Governmental Oversight and...
12/17/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 119.0712
+10 / −0
s. 119.0712
+197 / −126