Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S972: Public Records and Meetings/Respiratory Care Interstate Compact
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission or the executive committee of the commission; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to public records and meetings; creating s. 468.3711, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission or the executive committee of the commission…
From the introduced text, December 18, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to public records and meetings; creating s. 468.3711, F.S.; providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Respiratory Care pursuant to the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission or the executive committee of the commission; providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings, minutes, and records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity; providing a contingent effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 468.3711, Florida Statutes, is created to public meetings and public records exemptions.-- (1) A respiratory therapist's personal identifying information, other than his or her name, licensure status, or licensure number, obtained from the data system described in Art. VIII of s. 468.371 and held by the department or the board is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution unless the state that originally reported the information to the data system authorizes the disclosure of such information by law. …