Title: OGSR/Parental Consent Requirements Before Terminating a Pregnancy

Summary: Amending provisions relating to an exemption from public records requirements for certain information that could identify a minor petitioning a court to waive parental consent requirements before terminating a pregnancy; deleting the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to a review under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; amending s. 390.01118, F.S., relating to an exemption from public records requirements for certain information that could identify a minor petitioning a court to waive parental consent requirements before terminating a pregnancy; deleting the scheduled repeal of the exemption; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 390.01118, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 390.01118 Public records exemptions; minors seeking waiver of consent requirements. Any information that can be used to identify a minor who is petitioning a circuit court for a judicial waiver, as provided in s. 390.01114, of the consent requirements under the Parental Notice of and Consent for Abortion Act is: (1) Confidential and exempt from s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, if held by a circuit court or an appellate court. (2) Confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution, if held by the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel or the Justice Administrative Commission. This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2025, unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature. Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2025.