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
| 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 | |||||
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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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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House Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
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| 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) | ||||
| 11/17/2025 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; 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 | |||||
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House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee
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| 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) | ||||
| 11/12/2025 SENATE Filed | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
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| 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 | |||||
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Senate Community Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| 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 | |||||
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House Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House Health & Human Services Committee
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| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House Government Operations Subcommittee
House State Affairs Committee
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| 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 | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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Senate Health Policy (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| 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 0269 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence by Gossett-Seidman | ||||
| Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence: Creates HAVEN Coordinating Council within FDLE; requires department to provide certain services; specifies composition of coordinating council; provides requirements for member appointments, election of chair, & meetings; requires that member appointments be completed & first meeting of coordinating council be held by dates certain; specifies duties of coordinating council; authorizes counties to create county-level HAVEN councils; authorizes county-level HAVEN councils to take certain actions; requires coordinating council to provide certain quarterly reports; requires coordinating council to annually submit certain report to specified entities & persons, Governor, & Legislature by specified date; requires county-level HAVEN councils to annually submit certain report to FDLE & coordinating council by specified date; provides for funding of coordinating council; specifies that act supersedes certain local regulations; provides for legislative review & repeal of coordinating council; provides that victims of dating violence may apply to participate in Attorney General's address confidentiality program; requires Attorney General to designate certain entities to assist victims of dating violence applying to be address confidentiality program participants. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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House Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Current Reference)
House State Affairs Committee
House Judiciary Committee
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/28/2025 | HOUSE Filed | ||||
| 11/04/2025 | HOUSE Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee; Judiciary Committee | ||||
| 11/04/2025 | HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | ||||
| Compare | |||||
| SB 0298 | Public Records and Public Meetings/HAVEN Coordinating Council (Berman) | ||||
| 11/17/2025 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules | |||||
| Identical | |||||
| SB 0296 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence (Berman) | ||||
| 11/17/2025 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 (Current Reference)
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/24/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Rules | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0179 | Pub. Rec./Current Appellate Court Clerks (Gottlieb) | ||||
| 10/21/2025 HOUSE Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee | |||||
| SB 0296 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence by Berman | ||||
| Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Creating the “Helping Abuse Victims Escape Now (HAVEN) Act”; creating the HAVEN Coordinating Council within the Department of Law Enforcement; authorizing counties to create county-level HAVEN councils; authorizing county-level HAVEN councils to take certain actions; defining the term “dating violence”; providing that victims of dating violence may apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026 | |||||
| Committees of Reference | |||||
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Senate Criminal Justice (Current Reference)
Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/28/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules | ||||
| Identical | |||||
| HB 0269 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence (Gossett-Seidman) | ||||
| 11/04/2025 HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | |||||
| Linked | |||||
| SB 0298 | Public Records and Public Meetings/HAVEN Coordinating Council (Berman) | ||||
| 11/17/2025 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules | |||||
| SB 0298 | Public Records and Public Meetings/HAVEN Coordinating Council by Berman | ||||
| Public Records and Public Meetings/HAVEN Coordinating Council; Specifying that information obtained by the HAVEN Coordinating Council or a county-level HAVEN council which is exempt or confidential and exempt from public records requirements retains its protected status; providing an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information of a victim of domestic violence or dating violence and other specified information contained in records held by the coordinating council or county-level councils; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of the coordinating council’s and county-level councils’ meetings during which exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc. Effective Date: On the same date that SB 296 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 | |||||
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Senate Criminal Justice (Current Reference)
Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Senate Rules
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| Actions | |||||
| 10/28/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules | ||||
| Compare | |||||
| HB 0269 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence (Gossett-Seidman) | ||||
| 11/04/2025 HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | |||||
| Linked | |||||
| SB 0296 | Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence (Berman) | ||||
| 11/17/2025 SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules | |||||
| 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 | |||||
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Senate Criminal Justice (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| 11/04/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| 11/17/2025 | SENATE Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules | ||||
| 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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Senate Rules
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| 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 | |||||
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Senate Commerce and Tourism (Current Reference)
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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 | ||||
| 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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| Actions | |||||
| 11/12/2025 | SENATE Filed | ||||
| Similar | |||||
| HB 0181 | Pub. Rec./Legal Assistants (Partington) | ||||
| 10/21/2025 HOUSE Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee | |||||
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