---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records and Public Meetings/Florida Gaming Control Commission"
description: "Public Records and Public Meetings/Florida Gaming Control Commission; Specifying that any exempt or confidential and exempt information obtained by the Florida Gaming Control Commission retains its exempt or confidential and exempt status; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of meetings of the commission wherein exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed, provided certain requirements are met; providing for the future review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 6A"
citation: "Florida SB 6A (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["executive branch", "public health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hutson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-14"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af148caf-9821-4cee-8ffe-5a169ad498c3"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/6A/ByCategory"
source_hash: "bc3826daba5383c7d00d0ace57ecb71d8e2b2a70db53a4858f7103584cd22c96"
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 6A (2021A) — Public Records and Public Meetings/Florida Gaming Control Commission

Public Records and Public Meetings/Florida Gaming Control Commission; Specifying that any exempt or confidential and exempt information obtained by the Florida Gaming Control Commission retains its exempt or confidential and exempt status; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for portions of meetings of the commission wherein exempt or confidential and exempt information is discussed, provided certain requirements are met; providing for the future review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 6A Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/6A/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 6A er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021A/6A/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **114–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hutson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14** Filed `filing`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 05/17/21, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-05-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-05-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/18/21
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-18** In Messages
- **2021-05-18** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/19/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-19** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af148caf-9821-4cee-8ffe-5a169ad498c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).