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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 747: Pub. Rec./Sealing of Criminal History Records

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 747 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pub. Rec./Sealing of Criminal History Records. Primary sponsor: Traci Koster (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Judiciary Committee.

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./Sealing of Criminal History Records; Expands existing public records exemption to include sealed criminal history records of persons adjudicated guilty of certain nonviolent misdemeanor offenses; provides for future review & repeal of expanded exemption; provides for reversion of specified language if exemption is not saved from repeal; provides statement of public necessity.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Traci KosterPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64

“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 Judiciary Committee
  2. Now in Judiciary Committee
  3. Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
  4. Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
  5. Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
  6. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  7. Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  8. Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  9. Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
  10. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  11. Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  12. Referred to Judiciary Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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