CS/SB 300: Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks and their Spouses and Children
PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Rouson
Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks and their Spouses and Children; Defining the term “appellate court”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a method for maintenance of an exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Last Action: 4/21/2025 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Judiciary (JU)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/17/2025 Senate • Filed
1/29/2025 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
2/10/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/18/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
2/18/2025 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
• Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
4/1/2025 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
4/2/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/3/2025 Senate • Now in Rules
• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
4/8/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/21/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
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CS/SB 300, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/2/2025 at 4:06 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf)
Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 373 Pub. Rec/Appellate Court Clerks Gottlieb Similar Last Action: 3/20/2025 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 4/8/2025 9:00 AM Rules 23 Yeas - 1 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 1 (pdf) 744.21031 Public records exemption. Page 16 (pdf) -
SB 300, Original Filed Version Posted 1/17/2025 at 11:48 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 373 Pub. Rec/Appellate Court Clerks Gottlieb Identical Last Action: 3/20/2025 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
Committee Amendments (3)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 158546 - Amendment
Delete line 352 and insert:Judiciary
(Rouson)2/17/2025
3:13 PMWithdrawn
2/18/2025Web Page
PDF741522 - Amendment
Delete lines 442 - 461 and insert:Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Rouson)3/31/2025
1:27 PMReplaced by Substitute Amendment
4/1/2025Web Page
PDF
307372 - Substitute Amendment (741522)
Delete lines 357 - 461 and insert:Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Rouson)4/1/2025
10:19 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
4/1/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (2)
Date Committee Result 2/18/2025 4:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 1 Nays 4/1/2025 1:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 7 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 1 (pdf) 744.21031 Public records exemption. Page 16 (pdf)