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SB7006 • 2026

OGSR/Florida Public Service Commission

OGSR/Florida Public Service Commission

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Regulated Industries
Last action
2026-04-02
Official status
Chapter No. 2026-23
Effective date
2026-04-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the recording and transcription requirements beyond mentioning they are required. The candidate explanation's specific wording was removed due to lack of supporting detail in the provided sources.

Florida Public Service Commission Meeting Exemption

This legislation removes the scheduled end date for an exemption that allows parts of Florida Public Service Commission hearings to be closed when discussing certain confidential business information.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes the planned repeal of a rule that lets parts of meetings about utility companies stay private if they talk about secret business stuff.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Florida Public Service Commission
  • Utility companies that appear before the commission

Terms To Know

proprietary confidential business information
Secret or private information about a company's business that is not shared with others.
Open Government Sunset Review Act
A law that reviews and decides whether certain government rules should continue to exist.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens after October 2, 2026, if the exemption is reviewed again.
  • Does not change how other parts of meetings are handled.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-02 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Chapter No. 2026-23

  2. 2026-04-01 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Approved by Governor

  3. 2026-03-31 The Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives

    • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

  4. 2026-03-17 Senate

    • Ordered enrolled

  5. 2026-03-09 House

    • Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 99, NAYS 8

  6. 2026-03-05 House

    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)

  7. 2026-02-16 House

    • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  8. 2026-02-10 House

    • Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026) • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  9. 2026-01-29 Senate

    • Read 2nd time -SJ 235 • Read 3rd time -SJ 235 • Passed; YEAS 32 NAYS 3 -SJ 235 • Immediately certified -SJ 236

  10. 2026-01-29 House

    • In Messages

  11. 2026-01-27 Senate

    • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 3 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26

  12. 2026-01-22 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  13. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Introduced

  14. 2026-01-12 Senate

    • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 • Now in Rules

  15. 2026-01-05 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

  16. 2025-11-21 Senate

    • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

  17. 2025-11-20 Senate

    • Filed

  18. 2025-11-18 Senate

    • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Regulated Industries; YEAS 7 NAYS 0

  19. 2025-11-10 Senate

    • Submitted for consideration by Regulated Industries • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 11/18/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

Official Summary Text

OGSR/Florida Public Service Commission; Deleting the scheduled repeal of an exemption from public meeting requirements for portions of a hearing before the Florida Public Service Commission wherein certain proprietary confidential business information is discussed, etc.

Current Bill Text

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2026

Legislature

SB 7006

20267006er
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2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 350.01, F.S.; deleting
4 the scheduled repeal of an exemption from public
5 meeting requirements for portions of a hearing before
6 the Florida Public Service Commission wherein certain
7 proprietary confidential business information is
8 discussed; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 350.01, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 350.01 Florida Public Service Commission; terms of
15 commissioners; vacancies; election and duties of chair; quorum;
16 proceedings; public records and public meetings exemptions.—
17 (9) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (8), those
18 portions of a hearing conducted by the commission wherein
19 proprietary confidential business information that is
20 confidential or exempt from s. 119.07(1), pursuant to s.
21 364.183, s. 366.093, s. 367.156, or s. 368.108, is discussed are
22 exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
23 Constitution. No exempt portion of a hearing may be off the
24 record, and all exempt portions shall be recorded and
25 transcribed. Such recordings and transcripts are confidential
26 and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
27 Constitution, unless a court of competent jurisdiction, after an
28 in camera review, determines that the hearing was not restricted
29 to the discussion of proprietary confidential business
30 information made confidential and exempt pursuant to s. 364.183,
31 s. 366.093, s. 367.156, or s. 368.108. In the event of such a
32 judicial determination, only that portion of the recording and
33 transcript which reveals nonexempt information may be disclosed
34 to a third party.
This subsection is subject to the Open

35
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.

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