---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/My Safe Florida Home Program"
description: "Public Records/My Safe Florida Home Program; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information contained in applications and home inspection reports submitted by applicants to the Department of Financial Services as a part of the My Safe Florida Home Program; 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 988"
citation: "Florida SB 988 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-106"
primary_sponsors: ["Banking and Insurance", "Martin", "Rules"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-18"
last_action: "2024-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce25a595-535e-46eb-b728-859ac007d9df"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/988/ByCategory"
source_hash: "93d588459788e82d2ded4835b597c3d5f9242b63dbcb95be436f06a6d168fe57"
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 988 (2024) — Public Records/My Safe Florida Home Program

Public Records/My Safe Florida Home Program; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information contained in applications and home inspection reports submitted by applicants to the Department of Financial Services as a part of the My Safe Florida Home Program; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-106.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 988 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/988/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 988 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/988/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 988 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/988/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 988 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/988/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Banking and Insurance — primary (person)
- Martin — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/29/24, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-29** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2024-01-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-01-30** Original reference(s) removed: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2024-01-30** Remaining references corrected to Rules
- **2024-01-30** Now in Rules
- **2024-02-01** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2024-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/08/24, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-02-08** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2024-02-08** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-02-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-13** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/21/24
- **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-21** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-21** 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 (Committee Substitute 2) `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** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-26** Chapter No. 2024-106

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce25a595-535e-46eb-b728-859ac007d9df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).