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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Records and Public Meetings"
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description: "Public Records and Public Meetings; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for any personal identifying information of an applicant for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution held by a state university or a Florida College System institution; specifying when the age, race, and gender of all qualified applicants considered and the personal identifying information of applicants who are in the final group of applicants are no longer confidential and exempt; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution, including any portion of a meeting which would disclose certain personal identifying information of such applicants; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 520"
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citation: "Florida SB 520 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2022-15"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brandes", "Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-10-18"
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last_action: "2022-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2780b4c-9344-43af-8fd2-d36cc597fb76"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/520/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2ca2ec13595786dd0a0e7c20e4dc3846e6281aced1b9015f872076d0d2d626b9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 520 (2022) — Public Records and Public Meetings
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Public Records and Public Meetings; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for any personal identifying information of an applicant for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution held by a state university or a Florida College System institution; specifying when the age, race, and gender of all qualified applicants considered and the personal identifying information of applicants who are in the final group of applicants are no longer confidential and exempt; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state university or a Florida College System institution, including any portion of a meeting which would disclose certain personal identifying information of such applicants; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-15.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 520 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/520/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 520 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/520/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 520 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/520/BillText/e1/HTML)
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4. **S 520 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/520/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **12–5** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **6–3** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **28–11** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **86–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brandes — primary (person)
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- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)
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- Rodrigues — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-10-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-11-03** Referred to Education; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-06** On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/11/22, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Favorable by Education; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-12** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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- **2022-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/19/22, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2022-01-19** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 4 NAYS 2
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- **2022-01-19** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2022-01-19** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
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- **2022-01-20** Now in Rules
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- **2022-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/22, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2022-01-27** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-01-27** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2022-01-31** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/03/22
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- **2022-02-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-03** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2022-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-10** Amendment(s) adopted (404840)
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- **2022-02-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 28 NAYS 11 `passage`
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- **2022-02-10** Immediately certified
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- **2022-02-10** In Messages
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- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
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- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
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- **2022-03-03** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 703
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- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 86, NAYS 26 `passage`
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- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
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- **2022-03-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2022-03-15** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-16** Chapter No. 2022-15
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2780b4c-9344-43af-8fd2-d36cc597fb76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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