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Florida 2026

SB 572

Ethics for Public Officers and Employees

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 03:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
(vetoed), electors and elections, insurance, judicial branch, public business, subject index, veterans
Introduced / first action
2025-11-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Ethics for Public Officers and Employees; Revising the definition of the term “relative” to include foster parents and foster children; providing that specified provisions do not prohibit a board, council, commission, or collegial body from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing elected public officials who are related to a leadership position on the same board, council, commission, or collegial body, etc.

Sponsors

  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability (primary), primary
  • Harrell (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chapter No. 2026-22

  2. Approved by Governor

    executive-signature

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

    enrolled

  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0

    passage

  6. Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (187567)

  7. In returning messages

  8. CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0

    passage

  9. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  10. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  11. Amendment 620573 superseded by substitute

  12. Amendment 187567 adopted

  13. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  14. 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)

    reading-1

  15. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)

  16. Bill referred to House Calendar

  17. In Messages

  18. Immediately certified

  19. CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0

    passage

  20. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. Amendment(s) adopted (807008)

  22. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  23. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26

  24. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  25. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building

  27. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

  28. Now in Rules

  29. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  30. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  31. On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building

  32. Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

  33. Introduced

    introduction

  34. Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building

  36. Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules

    referral-committee

  37. Filed

    filing

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