Bill Text: FL S0370 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Records and Public Meetings Exemptions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability [S0370 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0370-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 370 By Senator Altman 16-00224-14 2014370__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public records and public meetings 3 exemptions; amending s. 383.412, F.S.; eliminating 4 requirements that the closed portion of a meeting of 5 the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a 6 local committee at which specified identifying 7 information is discussed be recorded, and that no 8 portion of such meeting be off the record; providing 9 an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 383.412, Florida 14 Statutes, is reenacted, and subsection (3) of that section is 15 amended, to read: 16 383.412 Public records and public meetings exemptions.— 17 (2)(a) Any information that reveals the identity of the 18 surviving siblings, family members, or others living in the home 19 of a deceased child who is the subject of review by and which 20 information is held by the State Child Abuse Death Review 21 Committee or a local committee is confidential and exempt from 22 s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 23 (b) Information made confidential or exempt from s. 24 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution that is 25 obtained by the State Child Abuse Death Review Committee or a 26 local committee shall retain its confidential or exempt status. 27 (3)(a)Portions of meetings of the State Child Abuse Death 28 Review Committee or a local committee at which information made 29 confidential and exempt pursuant to subsection (2) is discussed 30 are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State 31 Constitution.The closed portion of a meeting must be recorded,32and no portion of the closed meeting may be off the record. The33recording shall be maintained by the State Child Abuse Death34Review Committee or a local committee.35(b) The recording of a closed portion of a meeting is36exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State37Constitution.38 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.