SB 844 Florida Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Public Records

Summary
Public Records; Prohibiting a county recorder from removing a grantor name, grantee name, or party name from the register of the Official Records and the index on the publicly available website unless the information is subject to a specified public records exemption; prescribing requirements for a person claiming a public records exemption to request removal of information from a publicly available website, subject to penalty of perjury; requiring that a request for maintenance of an exemption be notarized and confirm the individual’s status; requiring the daily schedule of deeds and conveyances to include notification of any information therein which is subject to a request for removal, etc.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 22, 2021
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Apr 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 781 (Ch. 2021-215)
upper
Apr 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Mar 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/17/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building --Not Considered
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ed Hooper
Ed Hooper
RRepublican
FL
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