2026 Legislative Session Bills Focused on Redaction
Session begins Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Scheduled Last Day of Session: Friday, March 13, 2025
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The below list of 2026 Legislative Bills involve only the proposed expansion of the various classes related to redaction. For a complete list of bills being tracked by FLTA, please visit the 2026 Legislative Tracking Page.
Redaction 2026
Ordered by Bill Number
| HB 0021 | Pub. Rec./Medical Examiners by Kendall | ||||
| Pub. Rec./Medical Examiners: Defines term "medical examiner"; provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current & former medical examiners & spouses & children of such medical examiners; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: upon becoming a law | |||||
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House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
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| 09/15/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 10/01/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee | ||||
| 10/01/2025 | HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | ||||
| 01/12/2026 | HOUSE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/14/26, 10:30 am, 404 H - PCS | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| SB 0258 | Public Records/Medical Examiners (Burgess) | ||||
| 11/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | |||||
| SB 0144 | Public Records/Judicial Qualifications Commission by Rouson | ||||
| Public Records/Judicial Qualifications Commission; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former employees of the Judicial Qualifications Commission and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such employees; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Judiciary (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| 10/08/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 10/21/2025 | SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| HB 1373 | Pub. Rec./Judicial Qualifications Commission Employees (Antone) | ||||
| 01/09/2026 HOUSE Filed | |||||
| HB 0179 | Pub. Rec./Current Appellate Court Clerks by Gottlieb | ||||
| Pub. Rec./Current Appellate Court Clerks: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current appellate court clerks & their spouses & children; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/15/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 10/21/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee | ||||
| 10/21/2025 | HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| SB 0292 | Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks (Rouson) | ||||
| 12/02/2025 SENATE Now in Rules | |||||
| HB 0181 | Pub. Rec./Legal Assistants by Partington | ||||
| Pub. Rec./Legal Assistants: Provides exemption from public records requirements for home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, & photographs of current legal assistants employed by office of public defender & office of criminal conflict & civil regional counsel & personal identifying & location information of spouses & children of such legal assistants; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides for retroactive application of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/15/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 10/21/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee | ||||
| 10/21/2025 | HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| SB 0466 | Public Records/Legal Assistants/Office of the Public Defender/Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel (Wright) | ||||
| 12/01/2025 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | |||||
| HB 0247 | Pub. Rec./Municipal Clerks by Campbell | ||||
| Pub. Rec./Municipal Clerks: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current & former municipal clerks & their staff, spouses, & children; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/22/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 10/28/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Government Operations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee | ||||
| 10/28/2025 | HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| SB 0248 | Public Records/Municipal Clerks and their Staff (Rodriguez) | ||||
| 11/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | |||||
| SB 0248 | Public Records/Municipal Clerks and their Staff by Rodriguez | ||||
| Public Records/Municipal Clerks and their Staff ; Providing a public records exemption for personal identifying and location information of current and former municipal clerks and their staff and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such municipal clerks and their staff; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/20/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/03/2025 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| HB 0247 | Pub. Rec./Municipal Clerks (Campbell) | ||||
| 10/28/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee | |||||
| HB 0251 | Pub. Rec./Emergency Physicians by Esposito | ||||
| Pub. Rec./Emergency Physicians: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current & former emergency physicians & spouses & children of such emergency physicians; provides for retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Health & Human Services Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/22/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 10/28/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee | ||||
| 10/28/2025 | HOUSE Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| SB 0268 | Public Records/Emergency Physicians (Rodriguez) | ||||
| 11/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | |||||
| SB 0258 | Public Records/Medical Examiners by Burgess | ||||
| Public Records/Medical Examiners ; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former medical examiners and the spouses and children of such medical examiners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Health Policy (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/22/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/03/2025 | SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| HB 0021 | Pub. Rec./Medical Examiners (Kendall) | ||||
| 01/12/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/14/26, 10:30 am, 404 H - PCS | |||||
| HB 0263 | Public Records by Rizo | ||||
| Public Records: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, & assistant city managers, including names & personal identifying & location information of their spouses & children; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/27/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 11/04/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee | ||||
| 11/04/2025 | HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| SB 0830 | Public Records/County Administrators and City Managers (Leek) | ||||
| 12/16/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | |||||
| SB 0268 | Public Records/Emergency Physicians by Rodriguez | ||||
| Public Records/Emergency Physicians; Defining the term “emergency physician”; providing exemptions from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current or former emergency physicians and the spouses and children of such emergency physicians; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Health Policy (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/23/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/03/2025 | SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0251 | Pub. Rec./Emergency Physicians (Esposito) | ||||
| 10/28/2025 HOUSE Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee | |||||
| HB 0287 | Pub. Rec./Owners and Operators of Family Foster Homes by McFarland | ||||
| Pub. Rec./Owners and Operators of Family Foster Homes: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current & former owners & operators of family foster homes & names & personal identifying & location information of spouses & children of such owners & operators; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Human Services Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Health & Human Services Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/30/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 11/04/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Human Services Subcommittee; Government Operations Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee | ||||
| 11/04/2025 | HOUSE Now in Human Services Subcommittee | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| SB 0884 | Public Records/Owners and Operators of Family Foster Homes (Rodriguez) | ||||
| 12/16/2025 SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | |||||
| SB 0292 | Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks by Rouson | ||||
| Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks; Defining the term “appellate court clerk”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
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Senate Judiciary
Senate Rules (Current Reference)
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/24/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Rules | ||||
| 11/24/2025 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 110 S | ||||
| 12/02/2025 | SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; 9 Yeas, 1 Nay | ||||
| 12/02/2025 | SENATE Now in Rules | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0179 | Pub. Rec./Current Appellate Court Clerks (Gottlieb) | ||||
| 10/21/2025 HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee | |||||
| SB 0350 | Public Records/Crime Victims by Grall | ||||
| Public Records/Crime Victims; Expanding a public records exemption for crime victims to include the name and personal identification number of a victim and any other information or record that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse the victim or the victim’s family; providing that such exemption includes records generated by any agency that regularly generates information from or concerning the victims of crime; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Criminal Justice
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 11/04/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| 12/01/2025 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 37 S | ||||
| 12/09/2025 | SENATE Favorable by Criminal Justice; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays | ||||
| 12/09/2025 | SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability | ||||
| 01/05/2026 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 110 S | ||||
| 01/12/2026 | SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Governmental Oversight and Accountability | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| HB 1113 | Pub. Rec./Crime Victims (Tuck) | ||||
| 01/07/2026 HOUSE Filed | |||||
| SB 0370 | Public Records/Commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations by Davis | ||||
| Public Records/Commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of certain current or former personnel and commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the spouses and children of such current or former personnel and commissioners; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Judiciary
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 11/04/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules | ||||
| SB 0376 | Public Records/Sexual Assault Counselors by Polsky | ||||
| Public Records/Sexual Assault Counselors; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of sexual assault counselors; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 11/04/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| SB 0410 | Public Records/Private Investigators by Truenow | ||||
| Public Records/Private Investigators; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former private investigators licensed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the spouses and children of such private investigators; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Commerce and Tourism
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 11/05/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| 12/01/2025 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Commerce and Tourism, 12/10/25, 11:30 am, 110 S | ||||
| 12/10/2025 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Commerce and Tourism; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays | ||||
| 12/11/2025 | SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed | ||||
| 12/12/2025 | SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0661 | Pub. Rec./Private Investigators (Stark) | ||||
| 01/12/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee, 01/14/26, 10:30 am, 212 K | |||||
| SB 0466 | Public Records/Legal Assistants/Office of the Public Defender/Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel by Wright | ||||
| Public Records/Legal Assistants/Office of the Public Defender/Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel ; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current legal assistants employed by the office of the public defender and the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel and the personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such legal assistants; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Criminal Justice (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 11/12/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 12/01/2025 | SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0181 | Pub. Rec./Legal Assistants (Partington) | ||||
| 10/21/2025 HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | |||||
| SB 0830 | Public Records/County Administrators and City Managers by Leek | ||||
| Public Records/County Administrators and City Managers; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers, including the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of current county administrators, deputy county administrators, assistant county administrators, city managers, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 12/09/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 12/16/2025 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| HB 0263 | Public Records (Rizo) | ||||
| 11/04/2025 HOUSE Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee | |||||
| SB 0884 | Public Records/Owners and Operators of Family Foster Homes by Rodriguez | ||||
| Public Records/Owners and Operators of Family Foster Homes; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former owners and operators of family foster homes and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such owners and operators; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 12/11/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 12/16/2025 | SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0287 | Pub. Rec./Owners and Operators of Family Foster Homes (McFarland) | ||||
| 11/04/2025 HOUSE Now in Human Services Subcommittee | |||||
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