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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records"
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description: "Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses and secure login credentials held by the Department of State relating to electronically filed records; defining the term “secure login credentials”; providing retroactive applicability; 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: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 946"
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citation: "Florida SB 946 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-52"
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primary_sponsors: ["Governmental Oversight and Accountability", "Grall"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-20"
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last_action: "2023-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/007bcb96-c82d-41d2-9161-09821286a2a2"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "99215212d97c28286f9f5a0d7802246e79cbee389844aaa9cd82dc06dca8dd4e"
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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 946 (2023) — Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records
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Public Records/Department of State Electronically Filed Records; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses and secure login credentials held by the Department of State relating to electronically filed records; defining the term “secure login credentials”; providing retroactive applicability; 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 2023-52.
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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 946 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 946 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 946 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/946/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)
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- Grall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-28** Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-08** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/13/23, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-13** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
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- **2023-03-24** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/29/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
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- **2023-03-29** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
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- **2023-03-30** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2023-03-30** Now in Rules
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- **2023-03-30** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
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- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/11/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-11** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-13** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/18/23
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- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-18** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** In Messages
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- **2023-04-19** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-20** Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
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- **2023-04-25** Substituted for CS/HB 911
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- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-12** Chapter No. 2023-52
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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/007bcb96-c82d-41d2-9161-09821286a2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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