Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 592 Ì793684OÎ793684 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: WD . 02/10/2016 08:54 AM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Richter moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 256 - 303 4 and insert: 5 o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, 6 and photographs of current or former emergency medical 7 technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the 8 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and 9 places of employment of the spouses and children of such 10 emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and 11 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 12 children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are 13 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 14 Constitution. This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open 15 Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and 16 shall stand repealed on October 2, 2021, unless reviewed and 17 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 18 3. An agency that is the custodian of the information 19 specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the 20 officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in 21 subparagraph 2. shall maintain the exempt status of that 22 information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other 23 person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a 24 written request for maintenance of the exemption to the 25 custodial agency. 26 4. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information 27 held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the 28 exemption. 29 5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 30 paragraph, this paragraph is subject to the Open Government 31 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15, and shall stand 32 repealed on October 2, 2017, unless reviewed and saved from 33 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 34 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public 35 necessity to exempt from public records requirements the home 36 addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of 37 current or former nonsworn investigative personnel of the 38 Department of Financial Services whose duties include the 39 investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation coverage 40 requirements and compliance, other related criminal activities, 41 or state regulatory requirement violations; the names, home 42 addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of 43 employment of the spouses and children of such personnel; and 44 the names and locations of schools and day care facilities 45 attended by the children of such personnel. The efforts of such 46 personnel can lead to arrests and prosecutions for crimes up to 47 and including first degree felony violations and can also result 48 in the loss of commerce and property, the assessment of monetary 49 fines, or the suspension or loss of professional licenses. The 50 department has documented numerous instances of personnel who 51 have been threatened and who have feared repercussions as a 52 result of carrying out their duties. These threats have included 53 weapons being brandished, verbal threats made to harm them or 54 their family members, harassment, and intimidation. The 55 Legislature finds that the release of such personal identifying 56 and location information might place these nonsworn 57 investigative personnel of the department and their family 58 members in danger of physical and emotional harm from 59 disgruntled individuals who have contentious reactions to 60 actions taken by such personnel, or whose business or 61 professional practices have come under the scrutiny of such 62 personnel. The Legislature further finds that the harm that may 63 result from the release of such personal identifying and 64 location information outweighs any public benefit that may be 65 derived from the disclosure of the information. 66 Section 3. The Legislature finds that it is a public 67 necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 68 birth, and photographs of current or former emergency medical 69 technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401, Florida 70 Statutes; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of 71 birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of 72 such emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names 73 and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the 74 children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics be 75 made confidential and exempt from public records requirements. 76 The Legislature finds that the release of such identifying and 77 location information may place such emergency medical 78 technicians or paramedics and their family members in danger of 79 physical and emotional harm from disgruntled individuals who 80 have contentious reactions to actions carried out by the 81 emergency medical technicians or paramedics. The Legislature 82 further finds that the harm that may result from the release of 83 such identifying and location information outweighs any public 84 benefit derived from disclosure of such information. 85 86 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 87 And the title is amended as follows: 88 Delete lines 9 - 11 89 and insert: 90 personnel; providing an exemption from public records 91 requirements for certain identifying information of 92 current or former emergency medical technicians or 93 paramedics certified under ch. 401, F.S., and the 94 spouses and children of such medical technicians or 95 paramedics; providing for future review and repeal of 96 the exemptions; providing statements of public 97 necessity; providing an effective date.