republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2024/sb-7078.md

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Bill	Public Records and Meetings/Cancer Research Grant Applications	Public Records and Meetings/Cancer Research Grant Applications; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for proprietary business information included in cancer research grant applications submitted to the Cancer Connect Collaborative and records generated by the collaborative relating to the review of such information; providing an exemption from public meeting requirements for portions of collaborative meetings during which such proprietary business information is discussed; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2024	SB 7078	Florida SB 7078 (2024)	bill		enacted	2024-248	Fiscal Policy	4	28	4	2024-02-19	2024-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/1469f85a-f239-4ff3-9094-c23de2cb3982	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7078/ByCategory	1fa4f52ee4179c9857d92f45f1c3879d3a11a9ac39eaa1261cebca50a927db49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 7078 (2024) — Public Records and Meetings/Cancer Research Grant Applications

Public Records and Meetings/Cancer Research Grant Applications; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for proprietary business information included in cancer research grant applications submitted to the Cancer Connect Collaborative and records generated by the collaborative relating to the review of such information; providing an exemption from public meeting requirements for portions of collaborative meetings during which such proprietary business information is discussed; providing for legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-248.

Version chain

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

1. S 7078 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 7078 pb (committee substitute) — source
3. S 7078 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. S 7078 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 114–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fiscal Policy — primary (person)
• Harrell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-19 Submitted for consideration by Fiscal Policy
• 2024-02-19 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/22/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2024-02-22 Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Fiscal Policy; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
• 2024-02-22 Filed filing
• 2024-02-22 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/26/24, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2024-02-26 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2024-02-27 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/29/24
• 2024-02-27 Introduced introduction
• 2024-02-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Amendment(s) adopted (412066)
• 2024-02-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-02-29 In Messages
• 2024-03-04 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2024-03-04 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
• 2024-03-04 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) reading-1
• 2024-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2024-03-06 Temporarily postponed, on 3rd Reading
• 2024-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 passage
• 2024-03-06 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2024-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-06-18 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-06-19 Chapter No. 2024-248, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7072 (Ch. 2024-247)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1469f85a-f239-4ff3-9094-c23de2cb3982. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).