Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 7010
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Ethics and Elections
       
       
       
       
       
       582-01860-24                                          20247010__
    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., which
    4         provides an exemption from public records requirements
    5         for information concerning preregistered voter
    6         registration applicants who are minors; deleting the
    7         scheduled repeal of the exemption; authorizing the
    8         disclosure of confidential and exempt information for
    9         specified purposes; providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 97.0585, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         97.0585 Public records exemption; information regarding
   16  voters and voter registration; confidentiality.—
   17         (1) The following information held by an agency, as defined
   18  in s. 119.011, and obtained for the purpose of voter
   19  registration is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
   20  24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may be used only for
   21  purposes of voter registration:
   22         (a) All declinations to register to vote made pursuant to
   23  ss. 97.057 and 97.058.
   24         (b) Information relating to the place where a person
   25  registered to vote or where a person updated a voter
   26  registration.
   27         (c) The social security number, driver license number, and
   28  Florida identification number of a voter registration applicant
   29  or voter.
   30         (d) All information concerning preregistered voter
   31  registration applicants who are 16 or 17 years of age. This
   32  paragraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in
   33  accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2,
   34  2024, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment
   35  by the Legislature.
   36         (2) The signature of a voter registration applicant or a
   37  voter is exempt from the copying requirements of s. 119.07(1)
   38  and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
   39         (3) Information made confidential and exempt under this
   40  section may be disclosed to another governmental entity if
   41  disclosure is necessary for election administration purposes.
   42         (4) This section applies to information held by an agency
   43  before, on, or after the effective date of this exemption.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.