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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.

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Redaction 2026
Ordered by Bill Number
HB 0021 Pub. Rec./Agency Employees by Kendall
Pub. Rec./Agency Employees: Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain identifying & location information of current or former agency employees & spouses & children of such employees; provides for retroactive application; specifies that exemption does not limit certain existing exemptions; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Committees of Reference
House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
Actions
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
01/14/2026 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/14/2026 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/16/2026 HOUSE References to Government Operations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee removed; Reference to State Affairs Committee added; Remaining reference: State Affairs Committee
01/16/2026 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
01/30/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 02/03/26, 8:00 am, 17 H
02/03/2026 HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs Committee; 22 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/03/2026 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
02/05/2026 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
02/11/2026 HOUSE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays)
02/12/2026 SENATE In Messages
02/12/2026 SENATE Received; Referred to 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
Senate Judiciary
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Rules
Actions
10/08/2025 SENATE Filed
10/21/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
01/22/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 S
01/27/2026 SENATE Favorable by Judiciary; 9 Yeas, 1 Nay
01/27/2026 SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Identical
HB 1373 Pub. Rec./Judicial Qualifications Commission Employees (Antone)
01/15/2026 HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
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
House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
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)
01/29/2026 HOUSE In Messages
HB 0181 Pub. Rec./ Pawnbroker Transactions by Partington
Pub. Rec./ Pawnbroker Transactions: Provides exemption from public records requirements for records relating to pawnbroker transactions that are delivered to FDLE; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: on the same date that HB 1345 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law
Committees of Reference
House Criminal Justice Subcommittee
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee (Current Reference)
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
02/03/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 404 H - PCS
02/05/2026 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/05/2026 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/06/2026 HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
02/09/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Government Operations Subcommittee, 02/11/26, 12:00 pm, 404 H
02/11/2026 HOUSE Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/11/2026 HOUSE Now in Judiciary Committee
Compare
SB 1582 Statewide Data Sharing of Secondhand Dealer and Pawnbroker Transactions (Yarborough)
02/12/2026 SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Similar
SB 1792 Public Records/Pawnbroker Transactions (Yarborough)
02/12/2026 SENATE Temporarily Postponed by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Linked
HB 1345 Statewide Data Sharing of Secondhand Dealer, Secondary Metals Recycler, and Pawnbroker Transactions (Michael)
02/06/2026 HOUSE Now in Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee
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
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
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
Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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 Department Physicians by Esposito
Pub. Rec./Emergency Department Physicians: Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current emergency department physicians & spouses & certain children of such emergency department physicians; provides for retroactive application; requires certain agencies that are custodians of exempt information to maintain exempt status of such information under certain circumstances; specifies procedures for requesting agency to maintain exempt status of such information until exemption no longer applies to individual; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026
Committees of Reference
House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee (Current Reference)
House Health & Human Services Committee
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
02/09/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee, 02/11/26, 9:30 am, 102 H
02/11/2026 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/11/2026 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/12/2026 HOUSE Reference to Government Operations Subcommittee removed; Reference to State Affairs Committee added; Remaining references: State Affairs Committee, Health & Human Services
02/12/2026 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
Similar
SB 0268 Public Records/Emergency Department Physicians (Rodriguez)
02/04/2026 SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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
Senate Health Policy (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
Actions
10/22/2025 SENATE Filed
11/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
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
House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
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)
02/19/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 K
SB 0268 Public Records/Emergency Department Physicians by Rodriguez
Public Records/Emergency Department Physicians; Defining the term “emergency department physician”; providing exemptions from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current emergency department physicians and the spouses and certain children of such emergency department physicians; requiring certain agencies that are custodians of the exempt information to maintain the exempt status of such information under certain circumstances; 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
Senate Health Policy
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Rules
Actions
10/23/2025 SENATE Filed
11/03/2025 SENATE Referred to Health Policy; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
01/28/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 412 K
02/02/2026 SENATE Favorable with CS by Health Policy; 11 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/03/2026 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/04/2026 SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Similar
HB 0251 Pub. Rec./Emergency Department Physicians (Esposito)
02/12/2026 HOUSE Now in State Affairs Committee
HB 0287 Pub. Rec./Applicants, Owners, and Operators of Family Foster Homes and References of Such Persons by McFarland
Pub. Rec./Applicants, Owners, and Operators of Family Foster Homes and References of Such Persons: Provides confidentiality & exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of applicants for family foster homes & current & former owners & operators of family foster homes, & names & personal identifying & location information of spouses, children, & other adult household members of such applicants, owners, or operators; provides confidentiality & exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of character or neighbor references of family foster home applicant or current or former owner or operator of family foster home; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2026
Committees of Reference
House Human Services Subcommittee
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Health & Human Services Committee
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
01/15/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Human Services Subcommittee, 01/20/26, 2:00 pm, 314 H - PCS
01/20/2026 HOUSE Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee; 16 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/21/2026 HOUSE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/22/2026 HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
01/27/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Government Operations Subcommittee, 01/29/26, 3:00 pm, 404 H
01/29/2026 HOUSE Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/29/2026 HOUSE Now in Health & Human Services Committee
02/06/2026 HOUSE On Committee agenda - Health & Human Services Committee, 02/10/26, 1:30 pm, 17 H
02/10/2026 HOUSE Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee; 25 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/10/2026 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
02/19/2026 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26
Compare
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
Committees of Reference
Senate Judiciary
Senate Rules
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
01/22/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 K
01/27/2026 SENATE Favorable by Rules; 20 Yeas, 2 Nays
01/27/2026 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
01/27/2026 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26
01/29/2026 SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 34 Yeas / 1 Nay); Immediately certified
01/29/2026 HOUSE In Messages
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 that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse the victim; providing that such exemption includes the portions of records generated by any agency that regularly generates or receives information from or concerning victims of crime; providing for a public records exemption for the identity of a victim’s family member, lawful representative, or next of kin and any other information that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse these individuals; 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
Senate Criminal Justice
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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
01/21/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 S
01/26/2026 SENATE Favorable with CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/27/2026 SENATE Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/28/2026 SENATE Now in Rules
02/12/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 K
02/17/2026 SENATE Favorable by Rules; 20 Yeas, 4 Nays
02/18/2026 SENATE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
Identical
HB 1113 Pub. Rec./Crime Victims (Tuck)
02/17/2026 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Judiciary
Senate Rules
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
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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
Senate Commerce and Tourism
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Current Reference)
Senate Rules
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
Identical
HB 0661 Pub. Rec./Private Investigators (Stark)
01/16/2026 HOUSE Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
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
Senate Criminal Justice (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
Actions
11/12/2025 SENATE Filed
12/01/2025 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
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
Senate Community Affairs
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules (Current Reference)
Actions
12/09/2025 SENATE Filed
12/16/2025 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
01/15/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 37 S
01/20/2026 SENATE Favorable by Community Affairs; 8 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/20/2026 SENATE Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
02/06/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 S
02/11/2026 SENATE Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 8 Yeas, 1 Nay
02/12/2026 SENATE Now in Rules
02/19/2026 SENATE On Committee agenda - Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 K
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
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
Actions
12/11/2025 SENATE Filed
12/16/2025 SENATE Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
Compare
HB 0287 Pub. Rec./Applicants, Owners, and Operators of Family Foster Homes and References of Such Persons (McFarland)
02/19/2026 HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/25/26

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