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Florida Senate
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2026
SB 1314
By
Senator Rodriguez
40-01338-26 20261314__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records and meetings;
3 creating s. 461.0182, F.S.; providing an exemption
4 from public records requirements for certain
5 information held by the Department of Health or the
6 Board of Podiatric Medicine pursuant to the Interstate
7 Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing the
8 disclosure of such information under certain
9 circumstances; providing an exemption from public
10 meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions
11 of certain meetings of the Interstate Podiatric
12 Medical Licensure Compact Commission; providing an
13 exemption from public records requirements for
14 recordings, minutes, and records generated during the
15 exempt meetings or portions of such meetings;
16 providing for future legislative review and repeal of
17 the exemptions; providing statements of public
18 necessity; providing a contingent effective date.
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20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22 Section 1. Section 461.0182, Florida Statutes, is created
23 to read:
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461.0182
Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact;
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public records and meetings exemptions.—
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(1)
A podiatric physician’s personal identifying
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information, other than the podiatric physician’s name,
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licensure status, and licensure number, obtained from the
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coordinated information system, as described in Art. VIII of s.
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461.0181, and held by the department or the board is exempt from
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s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution
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unless the state that originally reported the information to the
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coordinated information system authorizes the disclosure of such
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information by law. If disclosure is so authorized, such
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information may be disclosed only to the extent authorized by
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the law of the reporting state.
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(2)(a)
A meeting or portion of a meeting of the Interstate
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Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission, established in
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Art. XI of s. 461.0181, at which t
he commission must discuss
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certain sensitive and confidential matters as specified in Art.
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XI of s. 461.1081,
is exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art.
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I of the State Constitution.
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(b)
Recordings, minutes, and records generated during an
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exempt meeting or portion of such a meeting are exempt from s.
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119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
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(3)
This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset
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Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed
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on October 2, 2031, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
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through reenactment by the Legislature.
50 Section 2.
(1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
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necessity that a podiatric physician’s personal identifying
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information, other than the podiatric physician’s name,
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licensure status, or licensure number, obtained from the
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coordinated information system, as described in Article VIII of
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s. 461.0181, Florida Statutes, and held by the Department of
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Health or the Board of Podiatric Medicine be made exempt from s.
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119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
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State Constitution. Protection of such information is required
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under the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact, which
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a state must adopt in order to become a member state of the
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compact. Without the public records exemption, this state will
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be unable to effectively implement and administer the compact.
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(2)(a)
The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity
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that any meeting of the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure
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Compact Commission or the executive committee or other committee
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of the commission held as provided in s. 461.0181, Florida
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Statutes, in which matters specifically exempted from disclosure
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by federal or state law are discussed be made exempt from s.
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286.011, Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State
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Constitution.
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(b)
The Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact
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requires the closure of any meeting, or any portion of a
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meeting, of the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact
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Commission if the commission determines by a two-thirds vote
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that the commission must discuss certain sensitive and
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confidential
matters as specified in Art
icle
XI of s. 461.108
1,
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Florida Statutes. In the absence of a public meetings exemption,
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this state would be prohibited from becoming a member state of
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the compact.
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(3)
The Legislature also finds that it is a public
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necessity that the recordings, minutes, and records generated
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during a meeting held as provided in s. 461.0181, Florida
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Statutes, which is exempt from public meetings requirements be
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made exempt from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a),
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Article I of the State Constitution. Release of such information
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would negate the public meetings exemption. As such, the
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Legislature finds that the public records exemption is a public
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necessity.
89 Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same date that
90 SB ___ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
91 is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
92 thereof and becomes a law.