---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments"
description: "Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments; Deleting a duplicative exemption from public records requirements for certain examination and assessment instruments; requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, governing the retention and disposal process for specified records; deleting a provision requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt certain rules and regulations, respectively, governing access to records; extending the scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 7022"
citation: "Florida SB 7022 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-69"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c06346-18d6-46e2-b4f8-c0cdceed69de"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7022/ByCategory"
source_hash: "d59a6c1c11c614c2e90b1047a4e27e817a665a0d5ffc4ac5a806d990e38bcfe3"
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 7022 (2026) — Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments

Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments; Deleting a duplicative exemption from public records requirements for certain examination and assessment instruments; requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules and regulations, respectively, governing the retention and disposal process for specified records; deleting a provision requiring the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt certain rules and regulations, respectively, governing access to records; extending the scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-69.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 7022 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7022/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7022 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7022/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7022 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7022/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **101–8** (pass) · lower
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Education Pre-K - 12 — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Submitted for consideration by Education Pre-K - 12
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 01/20/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-01-20** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
- **2026-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Now in Rules
- **2026-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/10/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-10** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** 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 1 `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 101, NAYS 8 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Chapter No. 2026-69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00c06346-18d6-46e2-b4f8-c0cdceed69de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).