---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/E-mail Addresses/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles"
description: "OGSR/E-mail Addresses/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Removes scheduled repeal of public records exemption for certain e-mail addresses collected by DHSMV."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7001"
citation: "Florida HB 7001 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-48"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-10-25"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8aff27-6027-43c8-ba45-5fca0356e880"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7001/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7bd8759601ef16c0f81c5c831ffa74b2ed8c2a2fce660c1850e714d1ab155eb9"
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 7001 (2020) — OGSR/E-mail Addresses/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

OGSR/E-mail Addresses/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Removes scheduled repeal of public records exemption for certain e-mail addresses collected by DHSMV.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-48.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7001 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7001/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7001 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7001/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oversight — primary (person)
- Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-25** Filed `filing`
- **2019-10-30** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-06** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 11/13/19, 1:00 pm, Reed Hall
- **2019-11-13** Favorable by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-13** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2019-12-02** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 12/09/19, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-12-09** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/20
- **2020-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-05** In Messages
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Received
- **2020-02-19** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-02-19** Substituted for SB 7022
- **2020-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-19** Chapter No. 2020-48

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8aff27-6027-43c8-ba45-5fca0356e880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).