---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records"
description: "Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses and secure login credentials held by the Department of State relating to electronically filed records; defining the term “secure login credentials”; providing retroactive applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 946"
citation: "Florida SB 946 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-52"
primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability", "Grall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-20"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/007bcb96-c82d-41d2-9161-09821286a2a2"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/ByCategory"
source_hash: "99215212d97c28286f9f5a0d7802246e79cbee389844aaa9cd82dc06dca8dd4e"
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 946 (2023) — Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records

Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses and secure login credentials held by the Department of State relating to electronically filed records; defining the term “secure login credentials”; providing retroactive applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-52.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 946 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 946 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 946 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-03-13** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-29** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-30** Now in Rules
- **2023-03-30** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-19** In Messages
- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Substituted for CS/HB 911
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/007bcb96-c82d-41d2-9161-09821286a2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).