Bill Text: FL S0914 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Records and Meetings/Reports on Adversarial Threats
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Filed [S0914 Detail]
Download: Florida-2025-S0914-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2025 SB 914
By Senator Collins
14-01900-25 2025914__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public records and meetings;
3 amending s. 943.0315, F.S.; providing an exemption
4 from public record requirements for a certain report
5 on adversarial threats produced by the Chief of
6 Domestic Security; providing an exemption from public
7 record requirements for notifications provided to
8 owners and operators of critical infrastructure and
9 other assets; providing an exemption from public
10 meeting requirements for meetings of the Council on
11 Pacific Conflict in which such reports or
12 notifications are provided or discussed; providing for
13 future legislative review and repeal; providing
14 statements of public necessity; providing a contingent
15 effective date.
16
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
18
19 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (f) of subsection (7) of
20 section 943.0315, Florida Statutes, as created by SB 912 or
21 similar legislation, are amended, to read:
22 943.0315 Pacific Conflict Stress Test.—
23 (7) REPORT ON ADVERSARIAL THREATS TO STATE ASSETS, CRITICAL
24 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—
25 (c)1. No later than July 1, 2026, the Chief of Domestic
26 Security shall produce a report on adversarial threats to state
27 assets and critical infrastructure and military installations
28 which must be available to the Governor and the members of the
29 Council on Pacific Conflict. The report must include all of the
30 following:
31 a.1. Critical and other assets identified under paragraph
32 (b), including the specific risks posed to each infrastructure
33 system or asset in the event of a Pacific conflict.
34 b.2. Mitigation strategies and recommendations to limit or
35 eliminate the risk posed to the critical infrastructure,
36 military installations, or other assets in the event of a
37 Pacific conflict; and mitigation strategies and recommendations
38 that limit or eliminate the risk posed to the safety and
39 security of this state or nation in the event of a Pacific
40 conflict.
41 c.3. A risk-based list of critical infrastructure, military
42 installations, and other assets identified under paragraph (b),
43 the order of which must be determined by the degree to which:
44 (I)a. Each critical infrastructure system, military
45 installations, or other assets is in need of protective action;
46 and
47 (II)b. The debilitation of each critical infrastructure
48 system, military installations, or other assets would threaten
49 the safety and security of this state and the nation.
50 2. The report produced pursuant to this paragraph is
51 confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I
52 of the State Constitution. This subparagraph is subject to the
53 Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15
54 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2030, unless reviewed and
55 saved from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
56 (f) The Chief of Domestic Security, in coordination with
57 state agencies, shall notify owners and operators of critical
58 infrastructure and other assets identified under paragraph (b)
59 as having been identified as a potential target of malicious
60 actions by adversarial nations in the event of a Pacific
61 conflict. Such notification must ensure that owners and
62 operators are provided the basis for the determination made
63 under paragraph (b). Such notification is confidential and
64 exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State
65 Constitution. Any portion of a meeting of the Council on Pacific
66 Conflict during which such notifications are discussed or the
67 report produced under paragraph (c) is provided or discussed or
68 any other information is disclosed that is confidential or
69 exempt from public disclosure is exempt from s. 286.011 and s.
70 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution. This paragraph is
71 subject to the Open Government Sunset Review Act in accordance
72 with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed on October 2, 2030,
73 unless reviewed and saved from repeal through reenactment by the
74 Legislature.
75 Section 2. (1) The Legislature finds that it is a public
76 necessity that the report on adversarial threats to state assets
77 and critical infrastructure, military installations, and other
78 assets be made confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1),
79 Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of the State
80 Constitution. Such report may contain information identifying
81 vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, state assets, and
82 military installations, the disclosure of which could lead to
83 malicious acts by bad actors.
84 (2) The Legislature further finds that it is a public
85 necessity that the notifications sent to owners or operators of
86 critical infrastructure and other assets that have been
87 identified as a potential target of malicious actions by
88 adversarial nations in the event of a Pacific conflict be exempt
89 from s. 119.07(1), Florida Statutes, and s. 24(a), Article I of
90 the State Constitution. Such notifications may contain national
91 or state security information that, if made publicly available,
92 could increase the potential threats to the owners and operators
93 of critical infrastructure or other assets.
94 (3) The Legislature further finds that it is a public
95 necessity that any portion of a meeting of the Council on
96 Pacific Conflict during which confidential or confidential and
97 exempt information is discussed be exempt from s. 286.011,
98 Florida Statutes, and s. 24(b), Article I of the State
99 Constitution. Public discussion of vulnerabilities in critical
100 infrastructure, state assets, or military installations and
101 identification of the owners and operators of such critical
102 infrastructure would defeat the purpose of such information
103 being protected from disclosure. The ability of the council to
104 discuss matters of state and national security is beneficial in
105 the formulation of policy to protect critical infrastructure,
106 state assets, and military installations.
107 Section 3. This act shall take effect on the same day that
108 SB 912 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
109 is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
110 thereof and becomes a law.
