---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Law Enforcement Geolocation Information"
description: "Public Records/Law Enforcement Geolocation Information; Defining the term “law enforcement geolocation information”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for law enforcement geolocation information held by a law enforcement agency; requiring law enforcement agencies to disclose law enforcement geolocation information under specified circumstances; 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: "2022"
identifier: "SB 1046"
citation: "Florida SB 1046 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-107"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability", "Hooper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-24"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b190b4-57b8-49eb-8321-4c7af92d8a6e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1046/ByCategory"
source_hash: "68a0b96d81dcf5574b282394d7fa4ac39c933da73641243e93e74e16b874defb"
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 1046 (2022) — Public Records/Law Enforcement Geolocation Information

Public Records/Law Enforcement Geolocation Information; Defining the term “law enforcement geolocation information”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for law enforcement geolocation information held by a law enforcement agency; requiring law enforcement agencies to disclose law enforcement geolocation information under specified circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-107.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1046 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1046/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1046 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1046/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1046 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1046/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 1046 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1046/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)
- Hooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-24** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/25/22, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2022-01-25** Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2022-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/22, 11:00 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2022-02-02** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2022-02-02** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2022-02-03** Now in Rules
- **2022-02-03** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2022-02-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/15/22, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-02-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/23/22
- **2022-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23** Amendment(s) adopted (366794)
- **2022-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-23** In Messages
- **2022-03-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-03-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2022)
- **2022-03-01** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 773
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-04** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Chapter No. 2022-107

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25b190b4-57b8-49eb-8321-4c7af92d8a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).