Florida Senate - 2026                             CS for SB 7002
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
       
       
       
       
       585-01889-26                                          20267002c1
    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; extending the scheduled
   11         repeal date of the exemption; providing an effective
   12         date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 119.0712, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from
   19  inspection or copying of public records.—
   20         (4) DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.—Information held by the
   21  Department of Military Affairs that is stored in a United States
   22  Department of Defense system of records, transmitted using a
   23  United States Department of Defense network or communications
   24  device, or pertaining to the United States Department of
   25  Defense, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. s. 394, is exempt from s.
   26  119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Any
   27  information not made exempt by this subsection may be disclosed
   28  only after the department makes any redactions in accordance
   29  with applicable federal and state laws. This exemption applies
   30  to information made exempt by this subsection which is held by
   31  the department before, on, or after the effective date of the
   32  exemption. This subsection is subject to the Open Government
   33  Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
   34  repealed on October 2, 2031 2026, unless reviewed and saved from
   35  repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.