Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 281, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             05/03/2019 11:30 AM       .      05/03/2019 04:26 PM       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to House Amendment (425013) to Senate
    2  Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 5 - 58
    5  and insert:
    6  	(d) Information related to a voter registration applicant's
    7  or voter's prior felony conviction and whether such person has
    8  had his or her voting rights restored by the Board of Executive
    9  Clemency or pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution.
   10  	(e) All information concerning preregistered voter
   11  registration applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age.
   12  	(f) Paragraphs (d) and (e) are subject to the Open
   13  Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and
   14  shall stand repealed on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and
   15  saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   16  	(3) This section applies to information held by an agency
   17  before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption.
   18  	Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
   19  necessity that information related to a voter registration
   20  applicant's or voter's prior felony conviction and whether such
   21  person has had his or her voting rights restored through
   22  executive clemency or pursuant to s. 4, Art. VI, of the State
   23  Constitution, which is held by an agency and obtained for the
   24  purpose of voter registration, be confidential and exempt from
   25  public records requirements and be used only for purposes of
   26  voter registration. Information related to a voter registration
   27  applicant's or voter's prior felony conviction and whether such
   28  person has had his or her voting rights restored could be
   29  misused if released. The restoration of a person's voting rights
   30  subsequent to a felony conviction aids a person in becoming a
   31  productive, contributing, and self-sustaining member of society.
   32  Without such protection, information related to a voter
   33  registration applicant's or voter's prior felony conviction may
   34  result in him or her being less likely to take advantage of
   35  registering to vote, thus hindering greater participation in the
   36  democratic process. For these reasons, the Legislature finds
   37  that it is a public necessity that the information related to a
   38  voter registration applicant's or voter's prior felony
   39  conviction and his or her restoration of voting rights, which is
   40  held by an agency and obtained for the purpose of voter
   41  registration, be confidential and exempt from public records
   42  requirements.
   43         (2) The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity
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   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete lines 63 - 66
   48  and insert:
   49         97.0585, F.S.; providing an exemption from public
   50         records requirements for information related to a
   51         voter registration applicant's or voter's prior felony
   52         conviction and his or her restoration of voting
   53         rights; providing an exemption from public records