republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-298.md

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Bill	Public Records/Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence	Public Records/Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence; Providing that certain identifying information of victims of dating violence who participate in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence which are held by the Office of the Attorney General or contained in voter registration or voting records held by the supervisor of elections or the Department of State are exempt from public records requirements; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing statements of public necessity, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2026	SB 298	Florida SB 298 (2026)	bill		enacted	2026-138	Berman	3	42	7	2025-10-28	2026-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/ad3d54e8-6390-4cc3-ad22-e528affc34eb	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/298/ByCategory	60863ed915312db472e4727eccfcf1312865306f17d18a3c59e5dc1ae6947487	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 298 (2026) — Public Records/Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence

Public Records/Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence; Providing that certain identifying information of victims of dating violence who participate in the Address Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic and Dating Violence which are held by the Office of the Attorney General or contained in voter registration or voting records held by the supervisor of elections or the Department of State are exempt from public records requirements; providing for retroactive application; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing statements of public necessity, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-138.

Version chain

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

1. S 298 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 298 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 298 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — 26–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 22–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Criminal Justice — primary (organization)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Sharief — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-10-28 Filed filing
• 2025-11-17 Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules referral-committee
• 2025-12-01 On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
• 2025-12-09 CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
• 2025-12-10 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2025-12-11 Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• 2026-01-09 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/14/26, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
• 2026-01-13 Introduced introduction
• 2026-01-13 CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
• 2026-01-14 Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-15 Now in Rules
• 2026-01-22 On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
• 2026-01-27 Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-27 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2026-01-27 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26
• 2026-01-29 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-01-29 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-01-29 CS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-01-29 Immediately certified
• 2026-01-29 In Messages
• 2026-02-13 Referred to State Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Referred to Judiciary Committee referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 Now in State Affairs Committee
• 2026-02-13 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
• 2026-02-20 Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
• 2026-02-24 Favorable by State Affairs Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• 2026-02-24 Now in Judiciary Committee
• 2026-02-24 Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
• 2026-02-26 Favorable by Judiciary Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-26 Reported out of Judiciary Committee
• 2026-02-26 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2026-02-26 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-09 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
• 2026-03-10 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 passage
• 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2026-06-09 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-06-12 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-06-12 Chapter No. 2026-138

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad3d54e8-6390-4cc3-ad22-e528affc34eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).