Florida Senate - 2026                                    SB 7002
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security
       
       
       
       
       583-00853-26                                          20267002__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review under the Open Government
    3         Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.0712, F.S., which
    4         provides an exemption from public records requirements
    5         for certain information held by the Department of
    6         Military Affairs stored in a United States Department
    7         of Defense system of records, transmitted using a
    8         United States Department of Defense network or
    9         communications device, or pertaining to the United
   10         States Department of Defense; deleting the scheduled
   11         repeal of the exemption; providing an effective date.
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   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 119.0712, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from
   18  inspection or copying of public records.—
   19         (4) DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.—Information held by the
   20  Department of Military Affairs that is stored in a United States
   21  Department of Defense system of records, transmitted using a
   22  United States Department of Defense network or communications
   23  device, or pertaining to the United States Department of
   24  Defense, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. s. 394, is exempt from s.
   25  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Any
   26  information not made exempt by this subsection may be disclosed
   27  only after the department makes any redactions in accordance
   28  with applicable federal and state laws. This exemption applies
   29  to information made exempt by this subsection which is held by
   30  the department before, on, or after the effective date of the
   31  exemption. This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   32  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   33  repealed on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from
   34  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.