HB 251 — Pub. Rec./Emergency Department Physicians

d.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former firefighters certified in compliance with s.

633.408;

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such firefighters;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such firefighters are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

e.

The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone numbers of current or former justices of the Supreme Court, district court of appeal judges, circuit court judges, and county court judges and current judicial assistants;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of current or former justices and judges and current judicial assistants;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of current or former justices and judges and of current judicial assistants are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.

119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

f.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the Page 4 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 spouses and children of current or former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of current or former state attorneys, assistant state attorneys, statewide prosecutors, or assistant statewide prosecutors are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

g.

The home addresses, dates of birth, and telephone numbers of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of general magistrates, special magistrates, judges of compensation claims, administrative law judges of the Division of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

h.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former human resource, labor Page 5 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors, managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency or water management district whose duties include hiring and firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or other personnel-related duties;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

i.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

j.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former guardians ad litem, as defined in s.

39.01;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such persons;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such persons are exempt from s.

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24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

k.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former juvenile probation officers, juvenile probation supervisors, detention superintendents, assistant detention superintendents, juvenile justice detention officers I and II, juvenile justice detention officer supervisors, juvenile justice residential officers, juvenile justice residential officer supervisors I and II, juvenile justice counselors, juvenile justice counselor supervisors, human services counselor administrators, senior human services counselor administrators, rehabilitation therapists, and social services counselors of the Department of Juvenile Justice;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

l.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal Page 7 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

m.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former investigators or inspectors of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such current or former investigators and inspectors;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such current or former investigators and inspectors are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

n.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, and dates of birth of county tax collectors;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such tax collectors;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such tax collectors are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

o.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Page 8 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 and photographs of current or former personnel of the Department of Health whose duties include, or result in, the determination or adjudication of eligibility for social security disability benefits, the investigation or prosecution of complaints filed against health care practitioners, or the inspection of health care practitioners or health care facilities licensed by the Department of Health;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

p.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former impaired practitioner consultants who are retained by an agency or current or former employees of an impaired practitioner consultant whose duties result in a determination of a person's skill and safety to practice a licensed profession;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such consultants or their employees;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such consultants or employees are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

q.(I) The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of Page 9 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 birth, and photographs of current or former emergency medical technicians or paramedics certified under chapter 401;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

(II)(A) As used in this sub-sub-subparagraph, the term "emergency physician" means any physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 whose duties are performed in a hospital emergency department licensed pursuant to chapter 395.

(B) The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, places of employment, and photographs of current or former emergency physicians;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such emergency physicians;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such emergency physicians are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

(C) The exemption in sub-sub-sub-subparagraph (B) applies to information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the exemption.

(D) This sub-sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Page 10 of 21 CODING:

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r.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former personnel employed in an agency's office of inspector general or internal audit department whose duties include auditing or investigating waste, fraud, abuse, theft, exploitation, or other activities that could lead to criminal prosecution or administrative discipline;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

s.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former directors, managers, supervisors, nurses, and clinical employees of an addiction treatment facility;

the home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

For purposes of this sub-subparagraph, the term "addiction treatment facility" means Page 11 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 a county government, or agency thereof, that is licensed pursuant to s.

397.401 and provides substance abuse prevention, intervention, or clinical treatment, including any licensed service component described in s.

397.311(27).

t.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former directors, managers, supervisors, and clinical employees of a child advocacy center that meets the standards of s.

39.3035(2) and fulfills the screening requirement of s.

39.3035(3), and the members of a Child Protection Team as described in s.

39.303 whose duties include supporting the investigation of child abuse or sexual abuse, child abandonment, child neglect, and child exploitation or to provide services as part of a multidisciplinary case review team;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel and members;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel and members are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

u.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, places of employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former staff and domestic violence advocates, as defined in s.

90.5036(1)(b), of domestic violence centers certified by the Department of Children and Families under chapter 39;

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 of birth, and photographs of the spouses and children of such personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

v.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former inspectors or investigators of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of current or former inspectors or investigators;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of current or former inspectors or investigators are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.

119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

w.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of current county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county Page 13 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of current county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, and deputy city attorneys are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

This exemption does not apply to a county attorney, assistant county attorney, deputy county attorney, city attorney, assistant city attorney, or deputy city attorney who qualifies as a candidate for election to public office.

This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.

119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

x.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former commissioners of the Florida Gaming Control Commission;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such current or former commissioners;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such current or former commissioners are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.

119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, Page 14 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

y.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel;

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of current clerks of the circuit court, deputy clerks of the circuit court, and clerk of the circuit court personnel are exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution.

This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.

119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

z.(I) As used in this sub-subparagraph, the term:

(A) "Congressional member" means a person who is elected to serve as a member of the United States House of Representatives or is elected or appointed to serve as a member of the United States Senate.

(B) "Partial home address" means the dwelling location at which an individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing address, street address, parcel identification number, Page 15 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 plot identification number, legal property description, neighborhood name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive property information that may reveal the partial home address, except for the city and zip code.

(C) "Public officer" means a person who holds one of the following offices:

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Chief Financial Officer, Attorney General, Agriculture Commissioner, state representative, state senator, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, school superintendent, school board member, mayor, city commissioner, or county commissioner.

(II) The following information is exempt from s.

119.07(1) and s.

24(a), Art.

I of the State Constitution:

(A) The partial home addresses of a current congressional member or public officer and his or her spouse or adult child.

(B) The telephone numbers of a current congressional member or public officer and his or her spouse or adult child.

(C) The name, home addresses, telephone numbers, and date of birth of a minor child of a current congressional member or public officer and the name and location of the school or day care facility attended by the minor child.

(III) This sub-subparagraph is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s.

119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

3.a.

An agency that is the custodian of the information Page 16 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 specified in subparagraph 2.

and that is not the employer of the officer, employee, justice, judge, or other person specified in subparagraph 2.

must maintain the exempt status of that information only if the officer, employee, justice, judge, other person, or employing agency of the designated employee submits a written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption to the custodial agency.

The request must state under oath the statutory basis for the individual's exemption request and confirm the individual's status as a party eligible for exempt status.

b.

An agency that is the custodian of information specified in sub-subparagraph 2.z.

and that is not the employer of the congressional member, public officer, or other person specified in sub-subparagraph 2.z.

must maintain the exempt status of that information only if an individual requests the maintenance of an exemption pursuant to sub-subparagraph 2.z.

on the basis of eligibility as a current congressional member or public officer and his or her spouse or child submits, as part of the written and notarized request required by sub- subparagraph a., the date of the congressional member's or public officer's election or appointment to public office, the date on which that office is next subject to election, and, if applicable, the date on which the current congressional member's or public officer's minor child reaches the age of majority.

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 subparagraph 2.z.

until the qualifying conditions for the exemption no longer apply to the person subject to the exemption.

4.a.

A county property appraiser, as defined in s.

192.001(3), or a county tax collector, as defined in s.

192.001(4), who receives a written and notarized request for maintenance of the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3.

must comply by removing the name of the individual with exempt status and the instrument number or Official Records book and page number identifying the property with the exempt status from all publicly available records maintained by the property appraiser or tax collector.

For written requests received on or before July 1, 2021, a county property appraiser or county tax collector must comply with this sub-subparagraph by October 1, 2021.

A county property appraiser or county tax collector may not remove the street address, legal description, or other information identifying real property within the agency's records so long as a name or personal information otherwise exempt from inspection and copying pursuant to this section is not associated with the property or otherwise displayed in the public records of the agency.

b.

Any information restricted from public display, inspection, or copying under sub-subparagraph a.

must be provided to the individual whose information was removed.

5.

An officer, an employee, a justice, a judge, or other Page 18 of 21 CODING:

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 person specified in subparagraph 2.

may submit a written request for the release of his or her exempt information to the custodial agency.

The written request must be notarized and must specify the information to be released and the party authorized to receive the information.

Upon receipt of the written request, the custodial agency must release the specified information to the party authorized to receive such information.

6.

The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the exemption.

7.

Information made exempt under this paragraph may be disclosed pursuant to s.

28.2221 to a title insurer authorized pursuant to s.

624.401 and its affiliates as defined in s.

624.10;

a title insurance agent or title insurance agency as defined in s.

626.841(1) or (2), respectively;

or an attorney duly admitted to practice law in this state and in good standing with The Florida Bar.

8.

The exempt status of a home address contained in the Official Records is maintained only during the period when a protected party resides at the dwelling location.

Upon conveyance of real property after October 1, 2021, and when such real property no longer constitutes a protected party's home address as defined in sub-subparagraph 1.a., the protected party must submit a written request to release the removed information to the county recorder.

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 removed information must be notarized, must confirm that a protected party's request for release is pursuant to a conveyance of his or her dwelling location, and must specify the Official Records book and page, instrument number, or clerk's file number for each document containing the information to be released.

9.

Upon the death of a protected party as verified by a certified copy of a death certificate or court order, any party can request the county recorder to release a protected decedent's removed information unless there is a related request on file with the county recorder for continued removal of the decedent's information or unless such removal is otherwise prohibited by statute or by court order.

The written request to release the removed information upon the death of a protected party must attach the certified copy of a death certificate or court order and must be notarized, must confirm the request for release is due to the death of a protected party, and must specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument number, or clerk's file number for each document containing the information to be released.

A fee may not be charged for the release of any document pursuant to such request.

The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that the home addresses, personal telephone numbers, and dates of birth,birth places of employment, and photographs of current and former emergency department physicians;

the names, home addresses, Pagepersonal 20telephone numbers, dates of 21birth, CODING:and places of employment of the spouses and children younger than 26 years of age of such emergency department physicians;

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hb251-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB 251 2026 telephone numbers, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such emergency physicians;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such emergency physicians be exempt from s.

Emergency department physicians, by the naturePage of3 their duties, are often placed in traumatic circumstances in which loss of life4 andCODING: severe bodily injuries have occurred.

SuchWords emergencystricken physicians are particularlydeletions; vulnerable to physical violence, harassment, and intimidation perpetrated by patients or relatives of patients who may be violent, angry, or mentally unstable.

Aswords aunderlined result,are theadditions. Legislature finds that the release of identifying and location information of emergency physicians and the spouses and children of such emergency physicians may place such emergency physicians and their spouses and children in danger of being physically or emotionally harmed or stalked by a person who has a hostile reaction to his or her encounter with such emergency physician.

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Such emergency department physicians are particularly vulnerable to physical violence, harassment, and intimidation perpetrated by patients or relatives of patients who can be violent, angry, or mentally unstable.

As a result, the Legislature finds that the release of personal identifying and location information of emergency department physicians, or of the spouses and children younger than 26 years of age of such emergency department physicians, could place them in danger of being physically or emotionally harmed or stalked by a person who has a hostile reaction to his or her encounter with such emergency department physicians.

The Legislature further finds that the harm that may result from the release of such personal identifying and location information outweighs any public benefit that may be derived from the disclosure of the information.

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