Protecting voters’ personal information is important. House Bill 7003 keeps voters’ sensitive information and all of preregistered voters’ information exempt from being placed on the public record.
This law maintains that a person’s voter registration location, choice to decline registering as a voter, social security number, driver’s license number, Florida identification number, and signature should continue to be exempt from public records.
For preregistered voters, minors aged 16 to 17, this law upholds that none of their personal information would go on the public record, including but not limited to the information listed above.
House Bill 7003 was originally prepared by the Ethics and Elections Committee, filed on November 12, 2023; and voted through unanimously in the Senate and House with votes of 40-0 and 118-0, respectively. It was presented to Governor DeSantis on March 19, 2024, and he approved it on March 22, 2024.
For complete details on this new law, click here to read both pages of House Bill 7003. For the official summary, click here.