FL HB 437
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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Public Records; Provides that it is a violation of specified provisions to fail to acknowledge public records request promptly & respond to such request in good faith; revises various provisions relating to custodians of public records, agencies, fees, & penalties; requires written, detailed cost estimate be provided upon request to persons seeking to inspect or copy public record; requires courts to assess specified costs, fees, & penalties.
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2026-03-13 — Died in Rules
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Andradeprimary
- Government Operations Subcommitteeprimary
- Plasenciacosponsor
- Mooneycosponsor
- Campbellcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-11-17
Filed
filing
2025-11-24
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
referral-committee
2025-11-24
Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2025-11-24
Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee
2025-11-24
Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee
2025-11-24
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-01-13
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing,reading-1
2026-01-16
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-21
Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-21
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-01-21
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral
2026-01-21
CS Filed
filing
2026-01-22
Referred to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Now in Judiciary Committee
2026-01-22
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1
2026-02-06
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
2026-02-10
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-10
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
2026-02-10
Now in Justice Budget Subcommittee
2026-02-12
Added to Justice Budget Subcommittee agenda
2026-02-16
Favorable by Justice Budget Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-16
Reported out of Justice Budget Subcommittee
2026-02-16
Now in State Affairs Committee
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
Bill released to House Calendar
2026-02-24
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-02-26
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
2026-03-04
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2026-03-04
Added to Third Reading Calendar
2026-03-04
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2026-03-04
CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
passage
2026-03-04
In Messages
2026-03-04
Referred to Rules
referral-committee
2026-03-04
Received
enrolled
2026-03-13
Died in Rules
failure
Versions
Documents
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Votes
Passage, Third Reading
2026-03-04 · pass · 111-0
Member-level votes (117)
- Abbott: yes
- Eskamani: yes
- Oliver: yes
- Albert: yes
- Esposito: yes
- Overdorf: yes
- Alvarez, D.: yes
- Fabricio: yes
- Owen: yes
- Alvarez, J.: yes
- Franklin: yes
- Partington: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Gantt: yes
- Perez: yes
- Andrade: yes
- Garrison: yes
- Persons-Mulicka: yes
- Antone: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Plakon: yes
- Aristide: yes
- Gerwig: yes
- Plasencia: yes
- Baker: yes
- Giallombardo: yes
- Porras: yes
- Bankson: yes
- Gonzalez Pittman: yes
- Rayner: yes
- Barnaby: yes
- Gossett-Seidman: yes
- Redondo: yes
- Bartleman: yes
- Gottlieb: yes
- Rizo: yes
- Basabe: yes
- Greco: yes
- Benarroch: yes
- Griffitts: yes
- Robinson, W.: yes
- Berfield: yes
- Grow: yes
- Rosenwald: yes
- Black: yes
- Harris: yes
- Salzman: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Hart-Lowman: yes
- Sapp: yes
- Booth: yes
- Hinson: yes
- Shoaf: yes
- Borrero: yes
- Hodgers: yes
- Botana: yes
- Holcomb: yes
- Skidmore: yes
- Boyles: yes
- Hunschofsky: yes
- Smith: yes
- Brackett: yes
- Jacques: yes
- Snyder: yes
- Brannan: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Spencer: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Stark: yes
- Busatta: yes
- Kendall: yes
- Steele: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Kincart Jonsson: yes
- Tant: yes
- Canady: yes
- Koster: yes
- Tendrich: yes
- Cassel: yes
- LaMarca: yes
- Tomkow: yes
- Chamberlin: yes
- Long: yes
- Trabulsy: yes
- Chambliss: yes
- López, J.: yes
- Tramont: yes
- Chaney: yes
- Maggard: yes
- Tuck: yes
- Cobb: yes
- Maney: yes
- Valdés: yes
- Conerly: yes
- McClure: yes
- Weinberger: yes
- Cross: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Woodson: yes
- Daley: yes
- Melo: yes
- Yarkosky: yes
- Daniels: yes
- Driskell: yes
- Miller: yes
- Young: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Mooney: yes
- Dunkley: yes
- Nix: yes
- Nixon: yes
- Robinson, F.: not voting
- Sirois: not voting
- Joseph: not voting
- Michael: not voting
- Yeager: not voting
- Edmonds: not voting
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