SB 466FLORIDA · STATEWIDESession 2026dead

Proposed Privacy Protections for Public Defender Legal Assistants

Original title: Public Records/Legal Assistants/Office of the Public Defender/Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel

March 13, 2026

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The Frame

What this does

If enacted, this would have restricted public access to personal information for a specific class of court employees, balancing government transparency against the safety of staff who interact with criminal defendants.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Legal assistants in public defender offices

Their personal identifying information would have been exempt from public disclosure requirements.

Criminal defendants

They would have had reduced access to the personal contact information of the legal staff involved in their cases.

What changed

Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This bill would have shielded the home addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and photographs of legal assistants working for public defenders and regional conflict counsel from public records requests. It aimed to protect these employees from potential retaliation by criminal defendants they interact with during their work. The bill failed to advance in the 2026 legislative session.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Did this bill become law?

No, the bill died in the Criminal Justice committee on March 13, 2026.

Who would have been protected by this bill?

Current legal assistants employed by the office of the public defender and the , along with their spouses and children.

What information would have been kept private?

Home addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, photographs, and information regarding the schools or day care facilities attended by their children.

Why It Matters

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Expansion of Privacy Exemptions

The bill demonstrates a consistent legislative trend in Florida of adding specific categories of public employees to the list of those eligible for home address and personal information privacy exemptions.

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