# Florida SB 7026: OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency

Florida SB 7026, OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; status signed, last action 2026-04-24 (Chapter No. 2026-52) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 7026
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: OGSR/Trade Secret Held by an Agency
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-15
- Last action: 2026-04-24, Chapter No. 2026-52
- Sponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (168 yes, 10 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 12

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Agency trade secrets keep lasting protection: mixed, low. Florida agencies continue to keep trade secrets confidential when they meet the state's legal definition. The law removes the exemption's scheduled October 2, 2026, expiration. Businesses keep this protection, while the public remains unable to see protected records. Agencies can share them with ot…
- Athletic match records lose specific protection: mixed, low. Trade secrets are no longer a listed category of protected business information for covered athletic match records. The list still includes business plans, ticket-sale numbers, gross receipts, and specified audit information. The change narrows this specific protection without making all match-rela…
- Research records narrow protection; meetings stay private: mixed, low. The Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and its subsidiaries lose an expressly listed records protection for actual trade secrets. Potential trade secrets, proprietary information, and other covered research materials remain protected. The law also allows meeting portions to close whe…
- Tobacco settlement records lose specific protection: mixed, low. Trade secrets are no longer expressly listed as protected business information under the covered tobacco-settlement records rule. This applies to information owned or controlled by companies that signed the specified Florida settlement agreement. Information that meets the remaining definition can…
- Transportation research gets narrower secrecy protection: mixed, low. Florida removes the specific records exemption for trade secrets the transportation department obtains through research and development projects. Other exemptions can still protect those records. The department can secure, license, enforce, or sell patents, copyrights, and trademarks on its work. P…
- Financial investigation records face narrower secrecy: mixed, low. After covered financial or consumer investigations and examinations end or become inactive, trade secrets lose a listed confidentiality ground. Other protections remain for active investigations and specified personal information. Covered financial records still protect the identities of complainan…
- Funeral business records lose specific protection: mixed, low. The law removes a specific trade-secret records exemption for the financial services department and the funeral and cemetery board. People seeking these records gain potential access, while affected businesses lose that particular protection. Other records exemptions can still apply.
- Narrower secrecy rules for antitrust records: mixed, low. Trade secrets are no longer expressly listed as protected business information in the covered antitrust-records definition. Information can still qualify under the remaining criteria, including protection against harm to a business's competitive edge. Trade-secret documents in covered health-care r…
- Narrower secrecy rules for digital businesses: mixed, low. The law removes trade secrets as a named reason to protect business information in several consumer-records rules. These cover data breaches, online child safety, social media platforms, and data controllers and processors. Information can still qualify for protection when disclosure harms a busine…
- Medicaid rebate secrecy narrows for records: mixed, low. Covered Medicaid drug rebate amounts, percentages, manufacturer pricing, and supplemental rebate information remain confidential. Other trade secrets identified for negotiations are no longer covered by this specific records exemption. Meeting portions discussing those identified secrets remain exe…
- Insurance model records lose specific protection: mixed, low. The law removes a specific records exemption for trade secrets used to build hurricane or flood loss models. It covers private-company information supplied to the model-review commission, insurance regulators, or the insurance consumer advocate. Meetings discussing those secrets remain closed, and…
- Workers’ compensation investigation secrecy narrows: mixed, low. After a workers’ compensation employer-compliance investigation ends or becomes inactive, trade secrets lose a listed confidentiality ground. Other protections remain for records that threaten another active investigation or reveal business or personal financial information. Protections also remain…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 106 | 3 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 33 | 3 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 20 | 4 |   |
| 2026-01-20 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2026-04-24: Chapter No. 2026-52
- 2026-04-23: Approved by Governor
- 2026-04-21: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 3 (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: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-19: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-19: Immediately certified -SJ 356 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 3 -SJ 340 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Read 3rd time -SJ 340 (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Read 2nd time -SJ 340 (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 299 (Senate)
- 2026-02-09: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 20 NAYS 4 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Referred to Rules (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Filed (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-04-23: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/er/PDF)
- Filed, 2026-01-21: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- pb, 2026-01-15: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/pb/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/pb/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine (vetoed)
- HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates (vetoed)
- HB 145: Claims Against the Government (vetoed)
- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/er/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/Filed/PDF)
- [pb (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/pb/HTML)
- [pb (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7026/BillText/pb/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 688: Naturopathic Medicine](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB688-2026)
- [HB 325: Education and Workforce Development for Inmates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB325-2026)
- [HB 145: Claims Against the Government](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB145-2026)
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB7026-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).