Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 68
By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Garcia
591-02146-21 202168c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records; amending s.
3 119.071, F.S.; exempting personal identifying and
4 location information of current and former staff and
5 domestic violence advocates of domestic violence
6 centers certified by the Department of Children and
7 Families under ch. 39, F.S., and personal identifying
8 and location information of spouses and children of
9 such personnel, from public records requirements;
10 providing for retroactive application; providing for
11 future legislative review and repeal of the exemption;
12 providing a statement of public necessity; providing
13 an effective date.
14
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
18 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
20 public records.—
21 (4) AGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.—
22 (d)1. For purposes of this paragraph, the term:
23 a. “Home addresses” means the dwelling location at which an
24 individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing
25 address, street address, parcel identification number, plot
26 identification number, legal property description, neighborhood
27 name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive
28 property information that may reveal the home address.
29 b. “Telephone numbers” includes home telephone numbers,
30 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone
31 numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal
32 communications devices.
33 2.a. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
34 and photographs of active or former sworn law enforcement
35 personnel or of active or former civilian personnel employed by
36 a law enforcement agency, including correctional and
37 correctional probation officers, personnel of the Department of
38 Children and Families whose duties include the investigation of
39 abuse, neglect, exploitation, fraud, theft, or other criminal
40 activities, personnel of the Department of Health whose duties
41 are to support the investigation of child abuse or neglect, and
42 personnel of the Department of Revenue or local governments
43 whose responsibilities include revenue collection and
44 enforcement or child support enforcement; the names, home
45 addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and
46 places of employment of the spouses and children of such
47 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
48 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
49 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
50 Constitution.
51 b. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
52 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative
53 personnel of the Department of Financial Services whose duties
54 include the investigation of fraud, theft, workers’ compensation
55 coverage requirements and compliance, other related criminal
56 activities, or state regulatory requirement violations; the
57 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
58 places of employment of the spouses and children of such
59 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
60 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
61 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
62 Constitution.
63 c. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
64 and photographs of current or former nonsworn investigative
65 personnel of the Office of Financial Regulation’s Bureau of
66 Financial Investigations whose duties include the investigation
67 of fraud, theft, other related criminal activities, or state
68 regulatory requirement violations; the names, home addresses,
69 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
70 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
71 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
72 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
73 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
74 d. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
75 and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in
76 compliance with s. 633.408; the names, home addresses, telephone
77 numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment
78 of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names
79 and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
80 children of such firefighters are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
81 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
82 e. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
83 numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court,
84 district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and
85 county court judges; the names, home addresses, telephone
86 numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses
87 and children of current or former justices and judges; and the
88 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
89 by the children of current or former justices and judges are
90 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
91 Constitution.
92 f. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
93 and photographs of current or former state attorneys, assistant
94 state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide
95 prosecutors; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
96 photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
97 spouses and children of current or former state attorneys,
98 assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant
99 statewide prosecutors; and the names and locations of schools
100 and day care facilities attended by the children of current or
101 former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide
102 prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from
103 s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
104 g. The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone
105 numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
106 compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
107 of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
108 hearing officers; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
109 dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and
110 children of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of
111 compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division
112 of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement
113 hearing officers; and the names and locations of schools and day
114 care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates,
115 special magistrates, judges of compensation claims,
116 administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative
117 Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are
118 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
119 Constitution.
120 h. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
121 and photographs of current or former human resource, labor
122 relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors,
123 managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency
124 or water management district whose duties include hiring and
125 firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or
126 other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses,
127 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
128 the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
129 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
130 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
131 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
132 i. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
133 and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers;
134 the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
135 and places of employment of the spouses and children of such
136 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
137 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
138 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
139 Constitution.
140 j. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
141 employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
142 guardians ad litem, as defined in s. 39.820; the names, home
143 addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of
144 employment of the spouses and children of such persons; and the
145 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
146 by the children of such persons are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
147 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
148 k. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
149 and photographs of current or former juvenile probation
150 officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention
151 superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile
152 justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention
153 officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers,
154 juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II,
155 juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor
156 supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior
157 human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation
158 therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of
159 Juvenile Justice; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
160 dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children
161 of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and
162 day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel
163 are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
164 Constitution.
165 l. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
166 and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant
167 public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel,
168 and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel; the
169 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
170 places of employment of the spouses and children of current or
171 former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal
172 conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal
173 conflict and civil regional counsel; and the names and locations
174 of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of
175 current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders,
176 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant
177 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel are exempt from s.
178 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
179 m. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
180 and photographs of current or former investigators or inspectors
181 of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; the
182 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
183 places of employment of the spouses and children of such current
184 or former investigators and inspectors; and the names and
185 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
186 children of such current or former investigators and inspectors
187 are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
188 Constitution.
189 n. The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of
190 birth of county tax collectors; the names, home addresses,
191 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
192 the spouses and children of such tax collectors; and the names
193 and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
194 children of such tax collectors are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and
195 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
196 o. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
197 and photographs of current or former personnel of the Department
198 of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination
199 or adjudication of eligibility for social security disability
200 benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed
201 against health care practitioners, or the inspection of health
202 care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the
203 Department of Health; the names, home addresses, telephone
204 numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses
205 and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of
206 schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such
207 personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of
208 the State Constitution.
209 p. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
210 and photographs of current or former impaired practitioner
211 consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former
212 employees of an impaired practitioner consultant whose duties
213 result in a determination of a person’s skill and safety to
214 practice a licensed profession; the names, home addresses,
215 telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of
216 the spouses and children of such consultants or their employees;
217 and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
218 attended by the children of such consultants or employees are
219 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
220 Constitution.
221 q. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
222 and photographs of current or former emergency medical
223 technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401; the
224 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and
225 places of employment of the spouses and children of such
226 emergency medical technicians or paramedics; and the names and
227 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
228 children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are
229 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
230 Constitution.
231 r. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
232 and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an
233 agency’s office of inspector general or internal audit
234 department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste,
235 fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that
236 could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline;
237 the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
238 and places of employment of spouses and children of such
239 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
240 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
241 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
242 Constitution.
243 s. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
244 and photographs of current or former directors, managers,
245 supervisors, nurses, and clinical employees of an addiction
246 treatment facility; the home addresses, telephone numbers,
247 photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
248 spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and
249 locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the
250 children of such personnel are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
251 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For purposes of this
252 sub-subparagraph, the term “addiction treatment facility” means
253 a county government, or agency thereof, that is licensed
254 pursuant to s. 397.401 and provides substance abuse prevention,
255 intervention, or clinical treatment, including any licensed
256 service component described in s. 397.311(26).
257 t. The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth,
258 and photographs of current or former directors, managers,
259 supervisors, and clinical employees of a child advocacy center
260 that meets the standards of s. 39.3035(1) and fulfills the
261 screening requirement of s. 39.3035(2), and the members of a
262 Child Protection Team as described in s. 39.303 whose duties
263 include supporting the investigation of child abuse or sexual
264 abuse, child abandonment, child neglect, and child exploitation
265 or to provide services as part of a multidisciplinary case
266 review team; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers,
267 photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the
268 spouses and children of such personnel and members; and the
269 names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended
270 by the children of such personnel and members are exempt from s.
271 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
272 u. The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
273 employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
274 staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s.
275 90.5036(1)(b), of domestic violence centers certified by the
276 Department of Children and Families under chapter 39; the names,
277 home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates
278 of birth, and photographs of the spouses and children of such
279 personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care
280 facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt
281 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
282 Constitution.
283 3. An agency that is the custodian of the information
284 specified in subparagraph 2. and that is not the employer of the
285 officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in
286 subparagraph 2. shall maintain the exempt status of that
287 information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other
288 person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a
289 written request for maintenance of the exemption to the
290 custodial agency.
291 4. An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other
292 person specified in subparagraph 2. may submit a written request
293 for the release of his or her exempt information to the
294 custodial agency. The written request must be notarized and must
295 specify the information to be released and the party that is
296 authorized to receive the information. Upon receipt of the
297 written request, the custodial agency shall release the
298 specified information to the party authorized to receive such
299 information.
300 5. The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information
301 held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the
302 exemption.
303 6. This paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset
304 Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
305 on October 2, 2024, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
306 through reenactment by the Legislature.
307 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
308 necessity that the home addresses, telephone numbers, places of
309 employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former
310 staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s.
311 90.5036(1)(b), Florida Statutes, of domestic violence centers
312 certified by the Department of Children and Families under
313 chapter 39, Florida Statutes; the names, home addresses,
314 telephone numbers, places of employment, dates of birth, and
315 photographs of the spouses and children of such personnel; and
316 the names and locations of schools and day care facilities
317 attended by the children of such personnel be exempt from public
318 records requirements. Such personnel and their family members
319 are at a heightened risk of physical and emotional harm from
320 perpetrators of domestic violence who have contentious reactions
321 to actions taken by such personnel to house and protect victims
322 of domestic violence and limit further harm to such victims. The
323 Legislature further finds that it is necessary to provide
324 safeguards to staff and domestic violence advocates who are
325 offering their time to protect victims of domestic violence.
326 Without such protection, individuals may be less willing to
327 volunteer or work for such centers, thus reducing the pool of
328 resources and assistance available to address the already
329 significant needs of victims of domestic violence.
330 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.