Florida 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 7010 — OGSR/Servicemembers and the Spouses and Dependents of Servicemembers

Last action — Died in Messages

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

OGSR/Servicemembers and the Spouses and Dependents of Servicemembers; Amending a provision which provides a public records exemption for the identification and location information of servicemembers and the spouses and dependents of servicemembers; narrowing the exemption by requiring the servicemember to have been deployed to overseas service for the United States Department of Defense; revising the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.

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Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 7010 By the Committees on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
Florida Senate - 2020 (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7010 FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Space 583-00887A-20 20207010pb A bill to be entitled An act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset Review Act;
and Military and Veterans Affairs and Space 585-02219-20 20207010c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset Review Act;
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity to make identification and location information of current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or the National Guard, who served after September 11, 2001, and their spouses and dependents, exempt from s.
Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity to remove the requirement that a servicemember submit a written statement that he or she has made reasonable efforts to protect their identification and location information from being accessible through other means available to the public in order to claim the public records exemption under s.
119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s.
119.071(5)(k), Florida Statutes.
24(a), Article I of the State Constitution, regardless of whether such individuals made reasonable efforts to protect such information from being public.
The requirement of a written statement of reasonable efforts is an added burden on these individuals as well as on agencies receiving public records requests.
Servicemembers perform among the most critical, most effective, and most dangerous operations in defense of our nation’s freedom.
The extent to which servicemembers must protect their information from public accessibility in order to satisfy the reasonable efforts standard is unclear.
Terrorist groups continue to threaten servicemembers and their families and encourage terrorist sympathizers to harm servicemembers and their families within the United States.
It is also unclear how much proof of reasonable efforts made by an individual is needed by an agency in order to grant the exemption.
The Legislature finds that allowing public access to the identification and location information of current or former servicemembers and their families jeopardizes the safety of servicemembers, their spouses, and their dependents.
The burden on an agency to verify whether these individuals have protected from public disclosure their identification and location information adversely impacts the effective and efficient administration of government in establishing who is otherwise eligible for an exemption.
The Legislature finds that protecting the safety and security of current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or the National Guard, who served after September 11, 2001, and their spouses and dependents, outweighs any public benefit that may be derived from the public disclosure of the identification and location information.
In 2017, the Legislature removed the requirement that certain agency personnel could claim a public records exemption only if reasonable efforts had been made in protecting such information from being accessible through other means available to the public from numerous public records exemptions.
Following the 2017 amendments, only two public records exemptions under current law, including the exemption for identification and location information for servicemembers, continue to impose that requirement.
Such inconsistencies among public records exemptions reduce accuracy and efficiency of redacting exempt information when a public records request for agency personnel information is made.
It is not in the public interest for the public to receive inaccurately redacted information.
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Action History

  1. Died in Messages

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. In Messages

  4. CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 -SJ 410, 411

  5. Read 3rd time

  6. Placed on 3rd reading

  7. Read 2nd time

  8. CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

  9. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/03/20

  10. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  11. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  12. CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0

  13. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/26/20, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  14. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed

  15. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/12/20, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed

  16. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/29/20, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed

  17. Now in Rules

  18. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

  19. Introduced

  20. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  21. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 1

  22. On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/13/20, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

  23. Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

  24. Filed

  25. Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

  26. On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs and Space, 11/13/19, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building

  27. Submitted for consideration by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space

Sponsors

  • Military and Veterans Affairs and Space · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Military and Veterans Affairs and Space

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

163 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 38 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 9000
Unaffiliated 27001
Democrat 1100
No Party Affiliation 1000
Total 38101
% of votes cast 95%3%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Flores — Yea
Rader — Yea
Baxley — Yea
Gainer — Yea
Bean — Yea
Gibson — Yea
Benacquisto — Yea
Simmons — Yea
Simpson — Yea
Book — Yea
Stargel — Yea
Bracy — Yea
Stewart — Yea
Lee — Yea
Taddeo — Yea
Brandes — Yea
Thurston — Yea
Braynon — Yea
Montford — Yea
Torres — Yea
Broxson — Yea
Cruz — Yea
Perry — Yea
Galvano — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Farmer — Yea
Powell — Yea
Hutson — Not Voting
Berman, Lori Democrat Nay
Rouson, Darryl Ervin Democrat Yea
Pizzo, Jason W. B. No Party Affiliation Yea
Albritton, Ben Republican Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Gruters, Joe Republican Yea
Harrell, Gayle Republican Yea
Hooper, Ed Republican Yea
Mayfield, Debbie Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea
Wright, Tom A. Republican Yea

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Favorable with Committee Substitute

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14000
Republican 3000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Book — Yea
Brandes — Yea
Braynon — Yea
Farmer — Yea
Flores — Yea
Hutson — Yea
Lee — Yea
Montford — Yea
Simmons — Yea
Simpson — Yea
Stargel — Yea
Thurston — Yea
Gibson — Yea
Benacquisto — Yea
Bradley, Jennifer Republican Yea
Passidomo, Kathleen Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Ana Maria Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 7010 do?
OGSR/Servicemembers and the Spouses and Dependents of Servicemembers; Amending a provision which provides a public records exemption for the identification and location information of servicemembers and the spouses and dependents of servicemembers; narrowing the exemption by requiring the servicemember to have been deployed to overseas service for the United States Department of Defense; revising the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Who sponsors SB 7010?
SB 7010 is sponsored by Military and Veterans Affairs and Space.
What is the current status of SB 7010?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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