01/11/16 – By Cody Dulaney FORT MYERS — Florida’s legislative session will host a number of proposed bills this year that aim to chip away at one of the country’s most broad public record laws. More than 50 public record exemptions have been proposed, ranging from trade secrets to home addresses, but nearly all seek to […]
Bill Would Protect Names of Criminal Witnesses – Florida Politics
By Jim Rosica A Tampa lawmaker has filed a bill that would shield the identities of “witness(es) to a felony” from being released to the public. State Rep. Ed Narain, a first-term Democrat, submitted his bill (HB 475) on Thursday. The legislation creates an exemption from Florida public records law of witnesses’ “personal identifying information,” prohibiting its […]