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Committee approves public-records exemption for Crime Stoppers employees and volunteers

2544656 · March 11, 2025

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Summary

CS/SB 710 passed the Judiciary Committee with an amendment adding former employees to a proposed public-records exemption that would protect identifying and location information of people associated with Crime Stoppers organizations.

The Florida Senate Judiciary Committee voted to report favorably on CS/SB 710, a bill creating a public-records exemption for individuals associated with Crime Stoppers organizations.

Senator Osgood, sponsor of SB 710, explained the bill would amend section 119.071 of the Florida Statutes to protect personal identifying and location information of current and former employees, board members and volunteers connected with Crime Stoppers organizations. The committee adopted amendment barcode 694258 to ensure the exemption consistently includes former employees across the statute.

Sponsor remarks noted an incident in which the president of a Crime Stoppers organization had personal information posted online and was targeted, which the sponsor cited as a motivating example for the exemption. The amendment retains a sunset provision allowing the Legislature to revisit the exemption.

After brief questions and no further debate, the clerk recorded a unanimous vote to report CS/SB 710 favorably.