---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Social Media Platform Activities"
description: "Public Records/Social Media Platform Activities; Providing a public records exemption for information received by the Attorney General pursuant to an investigation by the Attorney General or a law enforcement agency into certain social media platform activities; providing a public records exemption for information received by the Department of Legal Affairs pursuant to an investigation by the department or a law enforcement agency into violations by certain social media platforms; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 7074"
citation: "Florida SB 7074 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ports and harbors"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-33"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-04-01"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b912f574-3f72-4552-8d79-8a0e922e35f2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7074/ByCategory"
source_hash: "519af53a745457e930d68737efa13a2d2b94799302dff810d4ccba55c6122b6d"
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 SB 7074 (2021) — Public Records/Social Media Platform Activities

Public Records/Social Media Platform Activities; Providing a public records exemption for information received by the Attorney General pursuant to an investigation by the Attorney General or a law enforcement agency into certain social media platform activities; providing a public records exemption for information received by the Department of Legal Affairs pursuant to an investigation by the department or a law enforcement agency into violations by certain social media platforms; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-33.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7074 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7074/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7074 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7074/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7074 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7074/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Motion to Reconsider, Third Reading — **79–39** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **11–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **79–39** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **78–40** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01** Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2021-04-01** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/06/21, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-04-06** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 1
- **2021-04-07** Filed `filing`
- **2021-04-08** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-04-19** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 11 NAYS 9 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- **2021-04-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Passed; YEAS 27 NAYS 13 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** In Messages
- **2021-04-26** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- **2021-04-26** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-04-26** Amendment 182651 filed
- **2021-04-27** Amendment 182651 withdrawn
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Failed to pass; YEAS 78, NAYS 40
- **2021-04-28** Motion to reconsider adopted
- **2021-04-28** Passed; YEAS 79, NAYS 39 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-04-28** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-25** Chapter No. 2021-33, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7072 (Ch. 2021-32)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b912f574-3f72-4552-8d79-8a0e922e35f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).