OGSR/Persons Provided Public Emergency Shelter

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on whether other parts of public records laws are affected or if the bill maintains requirements under the Open Government Sunset Review Act.

Persons Provided Public Emergency Shelter

This bill removes the scheduled end date for an exemption that keeps personal information of people staying in public emergency shelters private.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the planned end date for a rule that protects the address and phone number of people who stay in public emergency shelters during storms or disasters from being made public.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who stay in public emergency shelters during storms or disasters
• Government agencies that provide and manage these shelters

Terms To Know

Public Emergency Shelter

A place provided by the government for people to go when there is a storm or other disaster.

Open Government Sunset Review Act

A law that reviews certain rules every few years to decide if they should be kept, changed, or removed.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only affects the specific part of the Public Records Law about personal information in emergency shelters.
• This bill has passed both chambers of the Florida Legislature and is awaiting further action.

Official Summary Text

OGSR/Persons Provided Public Emergency Shelter; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for address & telephone number of persons provided public emergency shelter.

Current Bill Text

HB 7005 2026

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2
Sunset Review Act; amending s. 252.385, F.S., which 3
provides an exemption from public record requirements 4
for the address and telephone number of persons 5
provided public emergency shelter; removing the 6
scheduled repeal date of the exemption; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 252.385, Florida 12
Statutes, is amended to read: 13
252.385 Public shelter space; public records exemption.— 14
(5) The address and telephone number of a person provided 15
public emergency shelter during a storm or catastrophic event 16
and held by the agency, as defined in s. 119.011, that provided 17
the emergency shelter is exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), 18
Art. I of the State Constitution. This subsection is subject to 19
the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 20
119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2026, unless 21
reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the 22
Legislature. 23
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 24