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HB7011 • 2026

OGSR/Aquaculture Records

OGSR/Aquaculture Records

Agriculture
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Government Operations Subcommittee ; Gentry
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Chapter No. 2026-11
Effective date
2026-03-27

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on whether the exemption will be reviewed again or if it remains indefinite after removal of the scheduled repeal date.

Aquaculture Records Exemption

This bill removes the scheduled end date for an exemption that allows certain aquaculture records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be kept confidential.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the planned repeal of a law that lets some aquaculture records stay private.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • Aquaculture businesses that have records with DACS

Terms To Know

Open Government Sunset Review Act
A law that reviews exemptions from public record requirements to decide if they should be kept or removed.
Public Record Requirements
Rules that require government-held documents to be available for the public to see and access.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens to records already made public before this change.
  • It is unclear if there will be future reviews of this exemption after its repeal date was removed.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Chapter No. 2026-11

  2. 2026-03-27 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Approved by Governor

  3. 2026-03-18 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. 2026-02-19 Senate

    • Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 339 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for SB 7020 -SJ 339 • Read 2nd time -SJ 339 • Read 3rd time -SJ 339 • Passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 3 -SJ 339 • Immediately certified -SJ 356

  5. 2026-02-19 House

    • In Messages • Ordered enrolled

  6. 2026-02-10 Senate

    • Received

  7. 2026-02-09 Senate

    • Referred to Rules

  8. 2026-02-04 House

    • Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

  9. 2026-02-04 Senate

    • In Messages

  10. 2026-01-29 House

    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/4/2026)

  11. 2026-01-22 House

    • Favorable by State Affairs Committee • Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  12. 2026-01-20 House

    • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  13. 2026-01-13 House

    • Favorable by Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee • Reported out of Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee • Now in State Affairs Committee • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  14. 2026-01-09 House

    • Added to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee agenda

  15. 2025-12-16 House

    • Referred to Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Housing, Agriculture & Tourism Subcommittee

  16. 2025-12-11 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

OGSR/Aquaculture Records; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for certain aquaculture records held by DACS.

Current Bill Text

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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

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An act relating to a review under the Open Government 2
Sunset Review Act; amending s. 597.0042, F.S., which 3
provides an exemption from public record requirements 4
for certain aquaculture records held by the Department 5
of Agriculture and Consumer Services; removing the 6
scheduled repeal 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 (4) of section 597.0042, Florida 12
Statutes, is amended to read: 13
597.0042 Public records exemptions; aquaculture records.— 14
(4) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 15
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 16
on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 17
through reenactment by the Legislature. 18
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 19