---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services"
description: "Public Records/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; 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: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7026"
citation: "Florida SB 7026 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["industry"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-138"
primary_sponsors: ["Agriculture"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e027d817-d3dc-4ef9-b2a7-62fc3654a848"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7026/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d024a10cdca0f3b00be24e2bd751b41c8e0ab5c4773920a967dbc17fbefaeecf"
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 7026 (2024) — Public Records/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Public Records/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-138.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7026 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7026/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7026 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7026/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7026 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7026/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Submitted for consideration by Agriculture
- **2024-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/10/24, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Building
- **2024-01-10** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Agriculture; YEAS 5 NAYS 1
- **2024-01-10** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/24/24, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-24** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
- **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-02** Chapter No. 2024-138

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e027d817-d3dc-4ef9-b2a7-62fc3654a848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).