---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices"
description: "Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices ; Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for providing renewal notices to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification generally and not only for the purpose of providing renewal notices; expanding the exemption to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification related to vessel registrations; providing retroactive applicability; 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: "2026"
identifier: "SB 490"
citation: "Florida SB 490 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-40"
primary_sponsors: ["Massullo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-13"
last_action: "2026-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a62efe-dab4-4733-abb3-4bf07d6f9db1"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/490/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b92c1d7e4349eb9c5e3b83c2973ff11d12de8c0aeb71cd1e0d3eeabd8b4aba66"
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 490 (2026) — Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices

Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices ; Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for providing renewal notices to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification generally and not only for the purpose of providing renewal notices; expanding the exemption to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification related to vessel registrations; providing retroactive applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-40.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 490 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/490/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 490 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/490/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massullo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-01** Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-01-12** Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-02** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-05** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-19** In Messages
- **2026-03-05** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
- **2026-03-05** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-09** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed; YEAS 110, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-22** Chapter No. 2026-40

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6a62efe-dab4-4733-abb3-4bf07d6f9db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).