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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 21: Pub. Rec./Agency Employees

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 21 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on September 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pub. Rec./Agency Employees. Primary sponsor: Bill Partington (Republican), Kim Kendall (Republican), Criminal Justice Subcommittee. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Pub. Rec./Agency Employees; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain identifying & location information of current or former agency employees & spouses & children of such employees; provides for retroactive application; specifies that exemption does not limit certain existing exemptions; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill PartingtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Kim KendallPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Criminal Justice SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Alex RizoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse112

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Rules
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/11/2026)
  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  11. Bill released to House Calendar
  12. Reported out of State Affairs Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source