FL HB 139

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Adverse Personnel Actions and Ethics Complaints

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did FL HB 139 pass?

No. FL HB 139 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-13): Died on Second Reading Calendar

What is FL HB 139 about?

Adverse Personnel Actions and Ethics Complaints; Prohibits agencies & independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees for disclosing certain information to Commission on Ethics; requires that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; requires disclosure of specified information to commission; provides that specified provisions protect employees who submit written complaints to commission or provide information to investigator during investigation of complaint or referral; authorizes certain employees to file complaints in accordance with specified provisions; authorizes such employees to pursue specified administrative remedy or civil action within specified timeframe; authorizes local public employees to file complaint with appropriate local governmental authority; specifies requirements for administrative procedures created by local governmental authorities; authorizes such employees to bring civil actions in court of competent jurisdiction under specified conditions; provides that it is affirmative defense to certain actions that adverse personnel action was predicated on grounds other than exercising of certain protected rights; requires commission to deliver complaints & any amendment thereto to agency conducting certain investigation, upon agency's written request; provides that such delivery does not affect specified exemptions in regard to complaint & amendments; requires that such delivery be within reasonable timeframe; requires that commission redact certain information under specified conditions; requires commission to deliver complaints & any amendment thereto to certain persons upon notarized written request.

Who sponsors FL HB 139?

Maney, State Affairs Committee are the primary sponsors of FL HB 139, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-13 — Died on Second Reading Calendar
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

public officers, employees, and records

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-13
Died on Second Reading Calendar
failure
2026-03-02
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-03-02
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
reading-1
2026-03-02
Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-27
CS Filed
filing
2026-02-27
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
deferral
2026-02-27
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
2026-02-26
Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2026-02-19
Now in State Affairs Committee
2026-02-19
Reported out of Rules & Ethics Committee
2026-02-19
Favorable by Rules & Ethics Committee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-17
Added to Rules & Ethics Committee agenda
2026-02-11
Now in Rules & Ethics Committee
2026-02-11
Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-02-11
Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-13
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
filing,reading-1
2025-10-21
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-10-21
Referred to State Affairs Committee
referral-committee
2025-10-21
Referred to Rules & Ethics Committee
referral-committee
2025-10-21
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
referral-committee
2025-10-09
Filed
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee)
2026-02-11 · pass · 18-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Alvarez, J.: yes
- Aristide: yes
- Basabe: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Chaney: yes
- Conerly: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Greco: yes
- Griffitts: yes
- Holcomb: yes
- Nix: yes
- Plasencia: yes
- Rosenwald: yes
- Sapp: yes
- Stark: yes
- ValdÃ©s: yes
- Weinberger: yes
- Young: yes
Favorable (Rules & Ethics Committee)
2026-02-19 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Bankson: yes
- Borrero: yes
- Canady: yes
- Esposito: yes
- Fabricio: not voting
- Garrison: yes
- Gottlieb: yes
- Hart-Lowman: yes
- Hunschofsky: not voting
- Plasencia: not voting
- Salzman: yes
- Sirois: yes
- Smith: yes
- Tant: yes
- Trabulsy: yes
- Tramont: yes
- Woodson: yes
Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee)
2026-02-26 · pass · 26-0
Member-level votes (27)
- Basabe: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Botana: yes
- Boyles: yes
- Chaney: yes
- Cobb: yes
- Cross: yes
- Driskell: yes
- Duggan: yes
- Eskamani: yes
- Gantt: yes
- Gentry: yes
- Giallombardo: yes
- Gonzalez Pittman: yes
- Griffitts: yes
- Holcomb: yes
- Jacques: yes
- Maggard: yes
- McFarland: yes
- Mooney: yes
- Nixon: yes
- Owen: yes
- Robinson, W.: yes
- Spencer: yes
- Tendrich: yes
- Weinberger: yes
- Young: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/ByCategory

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