SB 7030 — Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 FOR CONSIDERATION By the CommitteesCommittee on Appropriations;Commerce and Tourism 577-01840-26 20267030pb A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records;

and Commerce and Tourism 576-03009-26 20267030c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records;

providing an exemption from public records requirements for information heldrelating to notifications of violations or investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs relating to notifications or investigations of certain companion chatbot violations;

authorizing the department to disclose such information during an active investigationinvestigation; for specified purposes;

requiring that certain information remain confidential and exempt upon the completion or cessation of an investigation;

providing an exemption from public records requirements for information held by the department relating to notifications of violations or investigations by the department of certain bot-relatedbot- related consumer protection violations;

providing an exemption from public records requirements for information heldrelating byto the Page 1 of 14 CODING:

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb departmentnotifications relatingof toviolations notifications or investigations by the department of certain deidentified data-related consumer protection violations;

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb disclosed by the department:

For print, publication, or broadcast if the department determines that such release would assist in notifying the public or locating or identifying a person whomwho the department believes to be a victim of an improper use or disposal of customer records, except that information made confidential and exempt by paragraph (c) may not be released pursuant to this subparagraph;

(c) Upon completion of an investigation or once an investigation ceases to be active, the following information held by the department shallremains remain confidential and exempt from s.

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Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb ongoing investigation.

(2) TheRelease release of information that is otherwise confidential or exempt from public records requirements once an investigation is completed or ceases to be active would undo the specific statutory exemption protecting that information, thus affirmingclarifying that any protections currently afforded to such information are not removed.

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb computer forensic report or information that could reveal weaknesses in the data security of a companion chatbot platform.

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb responsibilities;

Information that would otherwise reveal weaknesses in the data security of a bot or an operator of a bot.

Information that would disclose the proprietary information of an operator of a bot.

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Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb confidential or exempt from public records requirements once an investigation is completed or ceases to be active would undo the specific statutory exemption protecting that information, thus affirmingclarifying that any protections currently afforded to such information are not removed.

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb of vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity system of the operator of a bot and be used to harm the operator of the bot and its clients.

Present subsection (6)(5) of section 501.9986, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 482 or similar legislation, 2026 Regular Session, is redesignated as subsection (7),(6), and a new subsection (6)(5) is added to that section, to read:

501.9986 Consumer protections regarding deidentified data.— (6)(a)(5)(a) All information held by the department pursuant to a notification of a violation of this section or an investigation of a violation of this section is confidential and exempt from s.

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb public or locating or identifying a person whomwho the department believes to be a victim of an improper use or disposal of customer records, except that information made confidential and exempt by paragraph (c) may not be released pursuant to this subparagraph;

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Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb (2) TheRelease release of information that is otherwise confidential or exempt from public records requirements once an investigation is completed or ceases to be active would undo the specific statutory exemption protecting that information, thus affirmingclarifying that any protections currently afforded to such information are not removed.

Florida Senate - 2026 CS(PROPOSED forBILL) SBSPB 7030 576-03009-26577-01840-26 20267030c120267030pb weaknesses in the data security of an artificial intelligence technology company.