SB7020 • 2026

OGSR/Aquaculture Records Held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Agriculture

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Agriculture
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: Senate - Laid on Table, refer to HB 7011 -SJ 339
Effective date: Upon becom

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material only confirms that the bill removes the scheduled end date for an exemption but does not provide details on what happens after removal or how long the records must remain exempt.

OGSR/Aquaculture Records Held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

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 part of the law that says the exemption will end on October 2, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Aquaculture businesses

Terms To Know

Public Record Requirements: Rules that say certain information must be available to the public.
Exemption: An exception to a rule, allowing something to not follow it.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if the exemption is reviewed and changed in the future.
The bill does not say how long the records must stay exempt after becoming law.

Bill History

2026-02-19 Senate
• Read 2nd time -SJ 339 • Substituted HB 7011 -SJ 339 • Laid on Table, refer to HB 7011 -SJ 339
2026-02-11 Senate
• Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 299
2026-02-09 Senate
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
2026-02-03 Senate
• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 2 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-01-29 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-27 Senate
• Now in Rules
2026-01-26 Senate
• Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2026-01-21 Senate
• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-14 Senate
• Filed • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules • Introduced
2026-01-13 Senate
• Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Agriculture; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
2026-01-08 Senate
• Submitted for consideration by Agriculture • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building

Official Summary Text

OGSR/Aquaculture Records Held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public record requirements for certain aquaculture records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 7020

By
the Committee on Agriculture

575-01919-26 20267020__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to a review under the Open Government
3 Sunset Review Act; amending s. 597.0042, F.S., which
4 provides an exemption from public record requirements
5 for certain aquaculture records held by the Department
6 of Agriculture and Consumer Services; removing the
7 scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an
8 effective date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
11
12 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 597.0042, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 597.0042 Public records exemptions; aquaculture records.—
15
(4)

This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset

16
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed

17
on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from repeal

18
through reenactment by the Legislature.

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