Florida · Senate Bill 300 · 2025 Regular Session

Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks and their Spouses and Children

  1. Introduced Jan 17, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 29, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Defining the term “appellate court”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a method for maintenance of an exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Every action

21 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 13 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules · Senate Judiciary
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/18/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Judiciary
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 · Senate Judiciary9–1 vote
  5. CommitteeNow in Governmental Oversight and Accountability · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  6. SenateIntroduced
  7. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  8. CommitteeCS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability7–0 vote
  9. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  10. CommitteeNow in Rules · Senate Rules
  11. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Rules
  12. CommitteeCS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time · Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  13. CommitteeFavorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1 · Senate Rules23–1 vote
  1. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25
  3. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 488
  4. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 488
  5. SenateCS passed; YEAS 35 NAYS 3 -SJ 48835–3 vote
  6. HouseIn Messages
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. HouseDied in Messages

Roll calls

4 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Feb 18, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 Passed 9–1
Apr 1, 2025 Senate committee CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 Passed 7–0
Apr 8, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 1 Passed 23–1

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Darryl Ervin RousonD Primary sponsor · District 16
  • GO Governmental Oversight and Accountability Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.