Trashing Florida’s transparency laws is a garbage move.
I’d rather keep the transparency and let the pols live in fear if that’s what actually motivates this change. I think they fear people learning who they meet and who funds it more than anything else.
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You could try reading the Bill. Also keep in mind those trashing this are mostly Leftist and their media lackeys. The new part of the legislation reads as follows,
(10)(a) Records held by a law enforcement agency relating
45 to security or transportation services provided under subsection
46 (1), subsection (5), or subsection (6) are exempt from s.
47 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. This
48 exemption applies to records held by a law enforcement agency
49 before, on, or after the effective date of this act.
50 (b) This subsection is subject to the Open Government
51 Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand
52 repealed on October 2, 2028, unless reviewed and saved from
53 repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
54 Section 2. The Legislature finds that it is a public
55 necessity that records held by a law enforcement agency relating
56 to security or transportation services provided under s. 57 943.68(1), (5), or (6), Florida Statutes, be made exempt from s.
58 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the
59 State Constitution. Information obtained by a law enforcement
60 agency authorized by law to provide security or transportation
61 services to persons, including the Governor, the Governor’s
62 immediate family, visiting governors and their families, the
63 Lieutenant Governor, a member of the Cabinet, the Speaker of the
64 House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, or the
65 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or for persons for whom such
66 services are requested by the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor,
67 a member of the Cabinet, the Speaker of the House of
68 Representatives, the President of the Senate, or the Chief
69 Justice of the Supreme Court, the disclosure of which could
70 endanger the protected person, should not be disclosed to the
71 public. The disclosure of such records, including security,
72 operational, and logistical plans; mansion security, facility
73 operations, access, screenings, and clearances; personal
74 information unrelated to official duties of the protected
75 individuals; risk, vulnerability, and threat assessments; travel
76 information relating to the protected person and law enforcement
77 agents and personnel providing the security or transportation
78 services; and identifying information of sworn and non-sworn
79 personnel engaged in a security or transportation services
80 operation or detail could reveal the means and methods of
81 providing the required security or transportation services and
82 could impair the ability of the law enforcement agency to ensure
83 the safety and security of the protected person. The disclosure
84 of such records could also endanger the law enforcement agents
85 and personnel providing the security or transportation services.
86 The Legislature finds that the safety and security of persons
87 authorized protection under s. 943.68(1), (5), or (6), Florida
88 Statutes, as well as the safety and security of law enforcement
89 agents and personnel providing the security or transportation
90 services, outweigh any public benefit that may be derived from
91 the disclosure of such records. Therefore, it is a public
92 necessity that records held by a law enforcement agency relating
93 to security or transportation services provided under s. 94 943.68(1), (5), or (6), Florida Statutes, be made exempt from
95 public records requirements.”
Notice it is specific to such records held by law enforcement agencies. There is nothing in the amended text which changes any Sunshine law on public meetings or campaign transparency.