# Florida SB 7012: OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Florida SB 7012, OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; status signed, last action 2026-06-12 (Chapter No. 2026-119) (as of 2026-10-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB7012-2026
- As of: 2026-10-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 7012
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-11-24
- Last action: 2026-06-12, Chapter No. 2026-119
- Sponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (176 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Florida vehicle investigation records stay private: mixed, low. The law keeps information from covered Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigations and examinations confidential, limiting public access. Protection lasts until the investigation is no longer active, or related administrative action ends or enters a hearing or court case.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Cosponsor: Transportation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 107 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 33 | 2 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 21 | 1 |   |
| 2026-01-12 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2025-12-02 | Senate | Transportation Vote | pass | 6 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2026-06-12: Chapter No. 2026-119
- 2026-06-10: Approved by Governor
- 2026-06-09: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: CS passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-09: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Added to Second Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-10: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026) (House)
- 2026-02-10: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-29: In Messages (House)
- 2026-01-29: Immediately certified -SJ 236 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 2 -SJ 235 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Read 3rd time -SJ 235 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Read 2nd time -SJ 235 (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/29/26 (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/27/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-01-12: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-05: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-12-05: Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-12-04: Filed (Senate)
- 2025-12-02: Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Transportation; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-11-24: On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-11-24: Submitted for consideration by Transportation (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-06-10: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/er/PDF)
- c1, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-12-04: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- pb, 2025-11-24: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/pb/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/pb/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- [pb (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/pb/HTML)
- [pb (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7012/BillText/pb/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB7012-2026 (as of 2026-10-13).