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SB1514 • 2026

Public Records and Meetings/Space Florida

Public Records and Meetings/Space Florida

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Burgess
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The bill specifies a legislative review and potential repeal in 2031, but the candidate explanation incorrectly stated the year as 2021.

Public Records and Meetings/Space Florida

This bill makes certain information held by Space Florida confidential and exempt from public records requirements if it is a trade secret.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes information that Space Florida holds as a trade secret confidential and not subject to public record laws.
  • Closes meetings of the Space Florida board when discussing trade secrets, making these closed portions exempt from public meeting laws.
  • Keeps records made during closed meetings about trade secrets also confidential and exempt from public record laws.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Space Florida
  • People requesting information from Space Florida

Terms To Know

Trade Secret
A piece of valuable business information that is kept secret to give a company an advantage over others.
Public Records
Documents and other materials held by government agencies that are available for public inspection under certain laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if Space Florida fails to comply with the requirements.
  • This legislation only applies to information and meetings related to trade secrets held by Space Florida.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 Senate

    • Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

  2. 2026-02-03 Senate

    • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    • Favorable by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 5 NAYS 0

  4. 2026-01-28 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

  5. 2026-01-22 Senate

    • Introduced

  6. 2026-01-16 Senate

    • Referred to Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

  7. 2026-01-08 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Public Records and Meetings/Space Florida; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for information held by Space Florida which is a trade secret; providing that portions of meetings of Space Florida’s board of directors during which such confidential and exempt information is discussed are closed to the public and exempt from public meetings requirements; providing an exemption from public records requirements for records generated during closed portions of such meetings; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1514

By
Senator Burgess

23-00870-26 20261514__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records and meetings;
3 reviving, reenacting, and amending s. 331.326, F.S.,
4 relating to confidentiality of information relating to
5 trade secrets; providing an exemption from public
6 records requirements for information held by Space
7 Florida which is a trade secret; providing that
8 portions of meetings of Space Florida’s board of
9 directors during which such confidential and exempt
10 information is discussed are closed to the public and
11 exempt from public meetings requirements; providing an
12 exemption from public records requirements for records
13 generated during closed portions of such meetings;
14 providing for legislative review and repeal of the
15 exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity;
16 providing an effective date.
17
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
19
20 Section 1. Notwithstanding the repeal of section 331.326,
21 Florida Statutes, in section 10 of chapter 2022-5, Laws of
22 Florida, that section is revived, reenacted, and amended to
23 read:
24 331.326 Information relating to trade secrets
25 confidential.—The records of Space Florida regarding matters
26 encompassed by
the Space Florida

this
Act are public records
27 subject to chapter 119. Any information held by Space Florida
28 which is a trade secret, as defined in s. 812.081, including
29 trade secrets of Space Florida, any spaceport user, or the space
30 industry business, is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)
31 and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, and may not be
32 disclosed. If Space Florida determines that any information
33 requested by the public will reveal a trade secret,
Space

34
Florida must

it shall
, in writing, inform the person making the
35 request of that determination. The determination is a final
36 order as defined in s. 120.52. Any
meeting or
portion of a
37 meeting of Space Florida’s board
during which the board

38
discusses information that is confidential and exempt from
s.

39
119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution

40
pursuant to this section
is
closed to the public and
exempt from
41 s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution
when

42
the board is discussing trade secrets
. Any
public
record
43 generated during the closed portions of the meetings, such as
44 minutes,
tape
recordings, and notes, is confidential and exempt
45 from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
46 Constitution. This section is subject to the Open Government
47 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
48 repealed on October 2,
2031

2021
, unless reviewed and saved from
49 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
50 Section 2.
The Legislature finds that it is a public

51
necessity that
information held by Space Florida which is a

52
trade secret
be made
confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)
,

53
Florida Statutes,
and s. 24(a), Art
icle
I of the State

54
Constitution
;

that
any portion of a meeting of the
Space Florida

55
board of directors

during which the board
discusses
information

56
that is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)
, Florida

57
Statutes,
and s. 24(a), Art
icle
I of the State Constitution
be

58
closed to the public and
made
exempt from s. 286.011
, Florida

59
Statutes,
and s. 24(b), Art
icle
I of the State Constitution
; and

60
that any record

generated during the closed portion of such a

61
meeting be
made confidential and exempt from
s. 119.07(1)
,

62
Florida Statutes,
and s. 24(a), Art
icle
I of the State

63
Constitution
. In order for the board to effectively and

64
efficiently perform its duties
,
it may be necessary to discuss

65
trade secrets.
If trade secrets are not protected from

66
disclosure, participating spaceport users may hesitate, if not

67
refuse, to continue to do business with
Space Florida
, to the

68
economic detriment of
Space Florida
and Florida’s spaceport

69
business development
.
Accordingly, portions of board meetings

70
during which trade secrets are discussed
must
be closed. Open

71
board meetings during which trade secrets are discussed subject

72
board members to penalties for violating the confidentiality of

73
trade secrets, and competitors of spaceport users who gain

74
access to such confidential trade secret information
w
ould

75
accrue a competitive economic advantage.

76 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.