Florida Senate - 2010 SB 2188 By the Committee on Ethics and Elections 582-02182-10 20102188__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government 3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 97.0585, F.S., relating 4 to an exemption from public-records requirements for 5 certain information regarding voters and voter 6 registration and for signatures of voters and voter 7 registration applicants; saving the exemption from 8 repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; 9 repealing s. 3, ch. 2005-279, Laws of Florida, which 10 provides for repeal of the exemption; providing an 11 effective date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1. Section 97.0585, Florida Statutes, is amended to 16 read: 17 97.0585 Public records exemption; information regarding 18 voters and voter registration; confidentiality.— 19 (1) The following informationconcerning voters and voter20registrationheld by an agency as defined in s. 119.011 is 21 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I 22 of the State Constitution and may be used only for purposes of 23 voter registration: 24 (a) All declinations to register to vote made pursuant to 25 ss. 97.057 and 97.058. 26 (b) Information relating to the place where a person 27 registered to vote or where a person updated a voter 28 registration. 29 (c) The social security number, driver’s license number, 30 and Florida identification number of a voter registration 31 applicant or voter. 32 (2) The signature of a voter registration applicant or a 33 voter is exempt from the copying requirementsmay not be copied34and is exempt for that purpose from the provisionsof s. 35 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 36 (3) This section applies to information held by an agency 37 before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption. 38 Section 2. Section 3 of chapter 2005-279, Laws of Florida, 39 is repealed. 40 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2010.