FloridaFlorida shields customer email addresses once companion legislation takes effect
Once companion legislation takes effect, the law shields email addresses Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles collects for covered notices.
What it does
The law shields covered customer email addresses from public records requests once companion legislation takes effect. Protection includes addresses already collected and ends October 2, 2031, unless lawmakers review and renew it.
Argument forKeeping customer email addresses out of public records requests could make it harder for scammers to target people using their personal information.
Argument againstWithholding these addresses could limit the public’s ability to check which email addresses the agency uses to contact customers.
More detail
Florida’s highway safety agency shields covered customer email addresses from public inspection and copying. The exemption covers email addresses collected under the listed laws for notices about vehicles, driver licenses, identification cards, and boats. The protection depends on SB 488 or similar legislation adopted in the same legislative session or an extension becoming law. The exemption takes effect when the companion legislation takes effect and applies retroactively. It expires on October 2, 2031, unless lawmakers review and renew it.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 22Chapter No. 2026-40, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 488 (Ch. 2026-39)Latest
- Apr 21Approved by Governor Ron DeSantisBecame Law
- Apr 21Signed by Officers and presented to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 17Ordered enrolledMinor
- Mar 9Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0Passed House
- Vote recorded Passage, Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 9Read 3rd timeMinor
- Mar 9Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Mar 9Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 51st Reading (Original Filed Version)Minor
- Mar 5Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
- Mar 5Bill referred to House Calendar
- Feb 19In Messages
- Vote recorded Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Immediately certified
- Feb 19Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 2Passed Senate
- Feb 19Read 3rd timeMinor
- Feb 19Read 2nd timeMinor
- Feb 17Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 1Minor
- Feb 2On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 21Now in Fiscal Policy
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 16On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- Jan 12Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 12Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0Minor
- Jan 5On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2025
- Dec 1Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Nov 13FiledIntroduced
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