Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S466: Public Records/Legal Assistants/Office of the Public Defender/Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; defining the term âlegal assistantâ; 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…
From the introduced text, November 12, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records; amending s. 119.071, F.S.; defining the term âlegal assistantâ; 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; amending s. 744.21031, F.S.; conforming a cross reference; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âParagraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 119.071âGeneral exemptions from inspection or copying of public records.â (4)âAGENCY PERSONNEL INFORMATION.â (d)1.âFor purposes of this paragraph, the term: a.ââHome addressesâ means the dwelling location at which an individual resides and includes the physical address, mailing address, street address, parcel identification number, plot identification number, legal property description, neighborhood name and lot number, GPS coordinates, and any other descriptive property information that may reveal the home address. b.ââJudicial assistantâ means a court employee assigned to the following class codes: 8140, 8150, 8310, and …