CS/SB 350: Public Records/Crime Victims

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Grall

Public Records/Crime Victims; Expanding a public records exemption for crime victims to include the name and personal identification number of a victim and any other information that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse the victim; providing that such exemption includes the portions of records generated by any agency that regularly generates or receives information from or concerning victims of crime; providing for a public records exemption for the identity of a victim’s family member, lawful representative, or next of kin and any other information that could be used to locate, intimidate, harass, or abuse these individuals; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/27/2026 11:26 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1113 (c1) by Criminal Justice Subcommittee Pub. Rec./Crime Victims Last Action: 3/5/2026 S Received	Identical

• Analyses (2)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/16/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/17/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  2/17/2026 12:00 PM	S 350	Rules	20 Yeas - 4 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  119.071

  General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records.

  Page 1 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/4/2025	S	• Filed
  11/17/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
  12/1/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 37 Senate Building
  12/9/2025	S	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  1/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/21/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  1/26/2026	S	• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  1/27/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  1/28/2026	S	• Now in Rules
  1/29/2026	S	• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
  2/12/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/17/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 4
  2/18/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/9/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/26