Florida Senate - 2026 SB By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security 583-00853-26 20267002__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; amending s. 119.0712, F.S., which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Military Affairs stored in a United States Department of Defense system of records, transmitted using a United States Department of Defense network or communications device, or pertaining to the United States Department of Defense; deleting the scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an effective date. 11

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13

Section 1. Subsection (4) of

section 119.0712, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 119.0712 Executive branch agency-specific exemptions from inspection or copying of public records.— 18

(4) DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.—Information held by the Department of Military Affairs that is stored in a United States Department of Defense system of records, transmitted using a United States Department of Defense network or communications device, or pertaining to the United States Department of Defense, pursuant to U.S.C. s. 394, is exempt from s. 24 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. Any information not made exempt by this subsection may be disclosed only after the department makes any redactions in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

This exemption applies to information made exempt by this subsection which is held by Florida Senate - 2026 SB 7002 583-00853-26 20267002__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. the department before, on, or after the effective date of the exemption. This subsection is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2026, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. 34

Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026. 35