---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/RICO Act Investigations"
description: "OGSR/RICO Act Investigations; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public records requirements for certain documents & information held by investigative agency pursuant to investigation relating to activity prohibited under Florida RICO Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7005"
citation: "Florida HB 7005 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-90"
primary_sponsors: ["Oversight", "Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-10-25"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c27c7608-3537-40a9-9343-cbf9c7e1a0e4"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7005/ByCategory"
source_hash: "de5e032adbddbd558daab23fa7df8400abea089aee571ef177a6375314640514"
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 7005 (2020) — OGSR/RICO Act Investigations

OGSR/RICO Act Investigations; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public records requirements for certain documents & information held by investigative agency pursuant to investigation relating to activity prohibited under Florida RICO Act.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-90.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7005 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7005/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7005 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/7005/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Criminal Justice Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **24–0** (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 Criminal Justice Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-15** Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-16** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2020-01-21** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 01/23/20, 9:30 am, Morris Hall
- **2020-01-23** Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 24 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/05/20
- **2020-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** In Messages
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Received
- **2020-03-10** Withdrawn from Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-10** Substituted for SB 7038
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-90

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c27c7608-3537-40a9-9343-cbf9c7e1a0e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).