Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1634
By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senator Grall
590-02463-26 20261634c1
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 1632, 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 Governor and Cabinet of his or her intent
24 to designate an organization as a foreign terrorist organization
25 or a 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 Governor and Cabinet which would reveal
31 information critical to state or national security is exempt
32 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
33 Constitution.
34 b. Any portion of a meeting which would reveal information
35 made exempt under sub-subparagraph a. is exempt from s. 286.011
36 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
37 c. This subparagraph is subject to the Open Government
38 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
39 repealed on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from
40 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
41 Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
42 necessity that any information held by the Chief of Domestic
43 Security and any information in the notification of the intent
44 to designate an organization as a domestic terrorist
45 organization or a foreign terrorist organization by the Chief of
46 Domestic Security to the Governor and Cabinet which would reveal
47 information critical to state or national security be made
48 exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a),
49 Article I of the State Constitution. Such information is
50 critical for the security interests of this state and of the
51 United States, and the release of such information could
52 endanger or do irreparable harm to the interests of this state
53 and of the United States.
54 (2) Further, the Legislature finds that it is a public
55 necessity that any portion of a meeting which would reveal such
56 information be made exempt from s. 286.011, Florida Statutes,
57 and s. 24(b), Article I of the State Constitution for the same
58 reasons.
59 (3) Consequently, the Legislature finds that it is a public
60 necessity to exempt such information from public records and
61 public meetings requirements to safeguard information critical
62 to state or national security and to safeguard the interests of
63 this state and of the United States.
64 Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
65 SB 1632 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
66 is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
67 thereof and becomes a law.