---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles"
description: "OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for information received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as a result of an investigation or examination of a department-authorized private rebuilt inspection provider; amending provisions which provide exemptions from public records requirements for information received by the department as a result of an investigation or examination of a person suspected of having violated certain laws, rules, or orders; removing the scheduled repeal of such exemptions, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 7012"
citation: "Florida SB 7012 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-119"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-24"
last_action: "2026-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1699d9e2-e580-4fdd-9258-b2e69b641b3b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b89c44a6e5fce52701c5d1660593bd59ec3b608110cbeadeac21696aead5fc48"
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 7012 (2026) — OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for information received by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles as a result of an investigation or examination of a department-authorized private rebuilt inspection provider; amending provisions which provide exemptions from public records requirements for information received by the department as a result of an investigation or examination of a person suspected of having violated certain laws, rules, or orders; removing the scheduled repeal of such exemptions, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-119.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7012 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7012 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 7012 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/pb/HTML)
4. **S 7012 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **21–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (organization)
- Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-24** Submitted for consideration by Transportation
- **2025-11-24** On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-12-02** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Transportation; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- **2025-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-05** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-01-12** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2026-01-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-13** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2026-01-14** Now in Rules
- **2026-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-01-27** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-01-27** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26
- **2026-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 2 `passage`
- **2026-01-29** Immediately certified
- **2026-01-29** In Messages
- **2026-02-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026)
- **2026-02-10** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-05** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)
- **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** CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-119

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1699d9e2-e580-4fdd-9258-b2e69b641b3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).