SB7004 • 2026

OGSR/Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Criminal Justice
Last action: 2026-03-17
Official status: Senate - Ordered enrolled
Effective date: Upon becom

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how long the information remains exempt from public records requirements after an investigation ends or if a claim of innocence cannot be further investigated before the original repeal date.

Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information

This bill amends Florida's public records laws to exempt certain information from conviction integrity units from being part of public records during an investigation.

What This Bill Does

Changes the law so that some information from a unit in a state attorney’s office, which reviews claims of actual innocence, is not part of public records during an investigation.

Who It Names or Affects

People who work in state attorney’s offices with conviction integrity units
Individuals or groups requesting public records from these units

Terms To Know

Conviction Integrity Unit: A special part of a state attorney's office that looks into claims of actual innocence in cases where someone has been convicted.
Reinvestigation Information: Information and materials created during an investigation by a conviction integrity unit after it officially accepts a case for review.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how long the information can remain private beyond its original scheduled end date.
It is unclear what happens if the claim of innocence cannot be further investigated before the original repeal date.

Bill History

2026-03-17 Senate
• Ordered enrolled
2026-03-09 House
• Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0
2026-03-05 House
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
2026-02-16 House
• Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-10 House
• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026) • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-29 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 235 • Read 3rd time -SJ 235 • Passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 235 • Immediately certified -SJ 236
2026-01-29 House
• In Messages
2026-01-27 Senate
• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26
2026-01-22 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2026-01-12 Senate
• Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules
2026-01-05 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2025-11-21 Senate
• Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
2025-11-18 Senate
• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 • Filed
2025-11-10 Senate
• Submitted for consideration by Criminal Justice • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building

Official Summary Text

OGSR/Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information; abrogating the scheduled repeal of such exemption, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

ENROLLED

2026

Legislature

SB 7004

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2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.071, F.S., which
4 provides an exemption from public records requirements
5 for certain conviction integrity unit reinvestigation
6 information; abrogating the scheduled repeal of the
7 exemption; providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Paragraph (q) of subsection (2) of section
12 119.071, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of
14 public records.—
15 (2) AGENCY INVESTIGATIONS.—
16 (q)1. As used in this paragraph, the term:
17 a. “Conviction integrity unit” means a unit within a state
18 attorney’s office established for the purpose of reviewing
19 plausible claims of actual innocence.
20 b. “Conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information”
21 means information or materials generated during a new
22 investigation by a conviction integrity unit following the
23 unit’s formal written acceptance of an applicant’s case. The
24 term does not include:
25 (I) Information, materials, or records generated by a state
26 attorney’s office during an investigation done for the purpose
27 of responding to motions made pursuant to Rule 3.800, Rule
28 3.850, or Rule 3.853, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, or
29 any other collateral proceeding.
30 (II) Petitions by applicants to the conviction integrity
31 unit.
32 (III) Criminal investigative information generated before
33 the commencement of a conviction integrity unit investigation
34 which is not otherwise exempt from this section.
35 2. Conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information is
36 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
37 Constitution for a reasonable period of time during an active,
38 ongoing, and good faith investigation of a claim of actual
39 innocence in a case that previously resulted in the conviction
40 of the accused person and until the claim is no longer capable
41 of further investigation.
This paragraph is subject to the Open

42
Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and

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shall stand repealed on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and

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saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.

45 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.