Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 238
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/21/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Burton) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (238876) 
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    3         Delete lines 19 - 36
    4  and insert:
    5         381.00318 Complaints and investigations regarding mandate
    6  prohibitions private employer COVID-19 vaccination mandates;
    7  public records exemption.—
    8         (1) A An employee complaint alleging a business entity’s, a
    9  governmental entity’s, or an educational institution’s private
   10  employer’s violation of s. 381.00316, s. 381.00317, or s.
   11  381.00319 regarding employer COVID-19 vaccination policies or
   12  practices, and all information relating to an investigation of
   13  such complaint, held by the Department of Legal Affairs or the
   14  Department of Health is confidential and exempt from s.
   15  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution until
   16  the investigation is completed or ceases to be active. For
   17  purposes of this section, an investigation is considered
   18  “active” while such investigation is being conducted by the
   19  Department of Legal Affairs or the Department of Health with a
   20  reasonable good faith belief that it may lead to a determination
   21  of whether there was a violation of s. 381.00316, s. 381.00317,
   22  or s. 381.00319. An investigation does not cease to be active if