---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pub. Rec./Records of Insurers/Department of Financial Services"
description: "Pub. Rec./Records of Insurers/Department of Financial Services; Exempts from public records requirements certain records made or received by DFS acting as receiver pursuant to specified provisions; provides that such records comprise consumer personal financial & health information, certain underwriting files, insurer personnel & payroll records, consumer claim files, certain reports & documents submitted to OIR relating to insurer own-risk, corporate governance annual disclosures, & certain information received from NAIC or governments; provides retroactive applicability; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Florida HB 1409 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-142"
primary_sponsors: ["Grant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48de494d-029e-4a9c-a90d-90c999f55f17"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1409/ByCategory"
source_hash: "182940d5ee82df9fa5500edb870d5582a21e0961134f043003dd773a9e405972"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 1409 (2020) — Pub. Rec./Records of Insurers/Department of Financial Services

Pub. Rec./Records of Insurers/Department of Financial Services; Exempts from public records requirements certain records made or received by DFS acting as receiver pursuant to specified provisions; provides that such records comprise consumer personal financial & health information, certain underwriting files, insurer personnel & payroll records, consumer claim files, certain reports & documents submitted to OIR relating to insurer own-risk, corporate governance annual disclosures, & certain information received from NAIC or governments; provides retroactive applicability; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-142.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 1409 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1409/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1409 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1409/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1409 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1409/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grant — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-13** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 3:30 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-28** Favorable by Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee
- **2020-01-31** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2020-02-04** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-06** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2020-02-06** CS by Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2020-02-07** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2020-02-11** On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/13/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
- **2020-02-13** Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-09** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1188
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Chapter No. 2020-142

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48de494d-029e-4a9c-a90d-90c999f55f17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).