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Committee makes committee bill permanent to protect site-specific location data for threatened and endangered species
Summary
The committee approved SPB 7000 to repeal the sunset on a public-records exemption protecting site-specific location information for listed threatened or endangered species, preserving current confidentiality for those data.
A committee bill that would repeal the sunset date for a public-records exemption protecting site-specific location information for certain threatened or endangered species was approved by the Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
Chair Rodriguez explained the measure would keep protected from public-records requests the location data for species listed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or a federal agency and would remove the scheduled expiration of that exemption.
Nut graf: supporters said the exemption protects sensitive species from harm that can result from publication of precise location data; the measure repeals the sunset so the protection continues indefinitely.
Senators offered no recorded debate in committee and the bill was submitted as a committee bill; the roll call recorded the committee’s affirmative votes and SPB 7000 was reported favorably.
Ending: the committee-recorded action preserves the confidentiality of site-specific location information for protected species by making the exemption permanent; the transcript records no amendment or appropriation associated with the change.
