---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Public and Professional Guardians"
description: "OGSR/Public and Professional Guardians; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Elderly Affairs in connection with a filed complaint and subsequent conducted investigation relating to public and professional guardians; specifying when an investigation is considered active; narrowing the public record exemption for certain photographs and video recordings; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 7010"
citation: "Florida SB 7010 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-45"
primary_sponsors: ["Children, Families, and Elder Affairs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-11-22"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff728b79-52cb-4565-9bda-5d2f073663c4"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7010/ByCategory"
source_hash: "e76ae9baf06f1cee11d935bf2c7f083009577e8f0cc0973f8361c1ed565c5853"
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 7010 (2022) — OGSR/Public and Professional Guardians

OGSR/Public and Professional Guardians; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Elderly Affairs in connection with a filed complaint and subsequent conducted investigation relating to public and professional guardians; specifying when an investigation is considered active; narrowing the public record exemption for certain photographs and video recordings; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-45.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7010 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7010/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7010 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7010/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7010 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7010/BillText/e1/HTML)
4. **S 7010 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/7010/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-22** Submitted for consideration by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- **2021-11-22** On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 11/30/21, 12:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2021-11-30** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2021-12-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/13/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-01-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/19/22
- **2022-01-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-19** Passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-01-19** Immediately certified
- **2022-01-19** In Messages
- **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-03-01** Substituted for HB 7017
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Amendment 865807 adopted
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In returning messages
- **2022-03-08** Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (865807)
- **2022-03-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff728b79-52cb-4565-9bda-5d2f073663c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).