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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector"
description: "Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local government to retain body camera recordings for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 506"
citation: "Florida SB 506 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-49"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-11-14"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16c27b63-dfd5-4047-b74a-903dc3b6ff23"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/506/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8560e54f3f47b27870632124cda86039dc5622f4039a4097cfb7f875bd01c3c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida SB 506 (2026) — Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector
Public Records/Body Camera Recordings Recorded by a Code Inspector; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for body camera recordings recorded by a code inspector under certain circumstances; providing exceptions; requiring a local government to retain body camera recordings for a specified timeframe; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 506 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/506/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 506 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/506/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **381** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **230** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **80** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burgess — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2025-12-01** Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-01-13** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
- **2026-01-16** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 01/21/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2026-01-21** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-21** Now in Rules
- **2026-01-29** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-02-03** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-02-09** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- **2026-02-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Immediately certified
- **2026-02-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-09** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- **2026-03-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **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** Passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Chapter No. 2026-49
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16c27b63-dfd5-4047-b74a-903dc3b6ff23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).