The Florida Senate

HB 7021: OGSR/Examination and Assessment Instruments

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Government Operations Subcommittee ; Nix

OGSR/Examination and Assessment Instruments; Expands exemption from public record requirements for examination & assessment instruments to include such instruments when held by certain entities; requires SBE & BOG to adopt certain rules & regulations governing retention & disposal process for specified record; authorizes specified entities to disclose exempt information to certain entities; requires specified entities to disclose exempt information in certain circumstances; & extends scheduled repeal of exemption.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/14/2026	House	• Filed
  1/15/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/16/2026	House	• Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Education Administration Subcommittee
  1/27/2026	House	• Added to Education Administration Subcommittee agenda
  1/29/2026	House	• Favorable by Education Administration Subcommittee • Reported out of Education Administration Subcommittee • Now in State Affairs Committee
  1/30/2026	House	• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  2/3/2026	House	• Favorable by State Affairs Committee

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• HB 7021, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/14/2026 at 3:56 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Education Administration Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2026 (pdf) State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/31/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 7022	Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments	Education Pre-K - 12	Similar	Last Action: 2/3/2026 S Now in Rules

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1008.23	Confidentiality of assessment instruments.	Page 2 (pdf)

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