---
type: "Bill"
title: "OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency"
description: "OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for a trade secret held by an agency, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 7026"
citation: "Florida SB 7026 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["(vetoed)", "alcoholic beverages and tobacco", "social welfare"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-52"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b69e1161-5684-456c-b882-adb085b4dc50"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/ByCategory"
source_hash: "cc3377f79e805a21ec1e4400cb2f0a8f82fd4a07d92d349f105798bd41525bfc"
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 (2026) — OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency

OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for a trade secret held by an agency, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-52.

## 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/2026/7026/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7026 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/pb/HTML)
3. **S 7026 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **106–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **20–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2026-01-15** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-01-20** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2026-01-21** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- **2026-02-11** Retained on Special Order Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 3 `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 106, NAYS 3 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Chapter No. 2026-52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b69e1161-5684-456c-b882-adb085b4dc50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).