Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1634
By Senator Grall
29-01786A-26 20261634__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records and meetings;
3 amending s. 943.03102, F.S.; providing an exemption
4 from public records requirements for certain
5 information held by the Chief of Domestic Security and
6 any information in a certain notification which would
7 reveal information critical to state or national
8 security; providing an exemption from public meetings
9 requirements for portions of meetings which would
10 reveal such exempt information; providing for future
11 legislative review and repeal of the exemptions;
12 providing a statement of public necessity; providing a
13 contingent effective date.
14
15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
18 943.03102, Florida Statutes, as created by SB ____, 2026 Regular
19 Session, is amended to read:
20 943.03102 Designation of terrorist organizations.—
21 (2)(a)1. At least 7 days before making a designation under
22 subsection (1), the Chief of Domestic Security shall provide
23 written notice to the Cabinet of his or her intent to designate
24 an organization as a foreign terrorist organization or a
25 domestic terrorist organization, which notice must be
26 accompanied by written findings regarding the basis for such
27 designation.
28 2.a. Any information held by the Chief of Domestic Security
29 and any information in the notification by the Chief of Domestic
30 Security to the Cabinet which would reveal information critical
31 to state or national security is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s.
32 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
33 b. Any portion of a meeting which would reveal information
34 made exempt under sub-subparagraph a. is exempt from s. 286.011
35 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
36 c. This subparagraph is subject to the Open Government
37 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
38 repealed on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from
39 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
40 Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
41 necessity that any information held by the Chief of Domestic
42 Security and any information in the notification of the intent
43 to designate an organization as a domestic terrorist
44 organization or a foreign terrorist organization by the Chief of
45 Domestic Security to the Cabinet which would reveal information
46 critical to state or national security be made exempt from s.
47 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
48 State Constitution. Such information is critical for the
49 security interests of this state and of the United States, and
50 the release of such information could endanger or do irreparable
51 harm to the interests of this state and of the United States.
52 (2) Further, the Legislature finds that it is a public
53 necessity that any portion of a meeting which would reveal such
54 information be made exempt from s. 286.011, Florida Statutes,
55 and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution for the same
56 reasons.
57 (3) Consequently, the Legislature finds that it is a public
58 necessity to exempt such information from public records and
59 public meetings requirements to safeguard information critical
60 to state or national security and to safeguard the interests of
61 this state and of the United States.
62 Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
63 SB ___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
64 is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
65 thereof and becomes a law.