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| Bill | Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices | Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices ; Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for providing renewal notices to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification generally and not only for the purpose of providing renewal notices; expanding the exemption to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification related to vessel registrations; providing retroactive applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2026 | SB 490 | Florida SB 490 (2026) |
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enacted | 2026-40 |
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2 | 29 | 5 | 2025-11-13 | 2026-04-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/a6a62efe-dab4-4733-abb3-4bf07d6f9db1 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/490/ByCategory | b92c1d7e4349eb9c5e3b83c2973ff11d12de8c0aeb71cd1e0d3eeabd8b4aba66 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 490 (2026) — Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices
Public Records/E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety for Providing Renewal Notices ; Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for e-mail addresses collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles for providing renewal notices to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification generally and not only for the purpose of providing renewal notices; expanding the exemption to include e-mail addresses collected for use as a method of notification related to vessel registrations; providing retroactive applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-40.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 110–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 14–1 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 36–2 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Massullo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-11-13 Filed
filing - 2025-12-01 Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-05 On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/12/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2026-01-12 Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-12 Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- 2026-01-13 Introduced
introduction - 2026-01-16 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/21/26, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
- 2026-01-21 Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-21 Now in Fiscal Policy
- 2026-02-02 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2026-02-05 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 14 NAYS 1
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2026-02-17 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
- 2026-02-19 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2026-02-19 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 2
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 110, NAYS 0
passage - 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled
enrolled - 2026-04-21 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-04-22 Chapter No. 2026-40
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6a62efe-dab4-4733-abb3-4bf07d6f9db1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).