SB 710 — Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 By Senatorthe OsgoodCommittee 32-01645-25on 2025710__Criminal AJustice; bill to be entitled An act relating to public records;

and Senator Osgood 591-02286-25 2025710c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 personal cellular telephone numbers, personal pager telephone numbers, and telephone numbers associated with personal communications devices.

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 personnel;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 justices and judges and current judicial assistants;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 of Administrative Hearings, and child support enforcement hearing officers;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 employment, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former guardians ad litem, as defined in s.

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 places of employment of the spouses and children of current or former public defenders, assistant public defenders, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and assistant criminal conflict and civil regional counsel;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 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;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 children of such emergency medical technicians or paramedics are exempt from s.

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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of current or former inspectors or investigators;

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 repealed on October 2, 2029, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and photographs of current or former employees of crime stoppers organizations as defined in s.

the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and places of employment of the spouses and children of the current or former employees, board members, and volunteers of such crime stoppers organizations;

and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of the current or former employees, board members, and volunteers of such crime stoppers organizations are exempt from s.

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

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 192.001(4),192.001(3), whoor receives a writtencounty andtax notarizedcollector, requestas fordefined maintenancein ofs. the exemption pursuant to subparagraph 3.

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

The exemptions in this paragraph apply to information held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the Page 14 of 17 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 held by an agency before, on, or after the effective date of the exemption.

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 prohibitedPage by15 statuteof or17 byCODING: court order.

The written request to Page 15 of 17 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2025 SBCS 710 32-01645-25 2025710__ 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 releaseSB is710 due591-02286-25 to2025710c1 theprohibited deathby ofstatute a protected party, and must specify the Official Records book and page number, instrument number, or clerk’sby filecourt numberorder. for each document containing the information to be released.

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.

Such retaliatory acts may also be targeted at the spouses and children of crime stoppers employees, board members, andPage volunteers.16 of 17 CODING:

If such identifying and location information is Page 16 of 17 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 710 32-01645-25591-02286-25 2025710__2025710c1 released, the safety of current and formervolunteers. crime stoppers employees, board members, and volunteers and their spouses and children could be seriously jeopardized.

If such identifying and location information is released, the safety of current and former crime stoppers employees, board members, and volunteers and their spouses and children could be seriously jeopardized.