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FL HB 593

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Governmental Agencies and Personnel

Florida · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Governmental Agencies and Personnel ; Prohibits state agency or officer from directing funds offered to state to third party as condition of settlement; provides that state agency or officer must provide written notification of terms of settlement to Legislature & Attorney General within specified time; prohibits authorization or approval of reimbursements for travel expenses to & from person's residence & his or her headquarters for specified positions; requires that official headquarters for specified positions be city or town in which department's official headquarters is located; prohibits persons serving in specified positions from being reimbursed for certain travel expenses; prohibits lobbyist or principal from making, & prohibiting district governing board member, executive director, or any district employee who qualifies as local officer from accepting, any expenditure; removes provision prohibiting state residency requirements for university board members.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-03-13 — Died in Rules
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Andradeprimary
  • Valdéscosponsor
  • Plasenciacosponsor
  • Chaneycosponsor
  • Basabecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-02

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-12-12

    Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-12-12

    Referred to State Affairs Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-12-12

    Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  5. 2026-01-13

    1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

    filing,reading-1

  6. 2026-01-27

    Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

  7. 2026-01-29

    Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2026-01-29

    Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

  9. 2026-01-29

    Now in State Affairs Committee

  10. 2026-02-13

    Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  11. 2026-02-17

    Favorable by State Affairs Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-02-17

    Reported out of State Affairs Committee

  13. 2026-02-17

    Bill released to House Calendar

  14. 2026-02-17

    Added to Second Reading Calendar

  15. 2026-02-19

    Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)

  16. 2026-02-25

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2026-02-25

    Added to Third Reading Calendar

  18. 2026-02-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2026-02-25

    Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0

    passage

  20. 2026-02-25

    In Messages

  21. 2026-02-26

    Referred to Rules

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-02-26

    Received

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  23. 2026-03-13

    Died in Rules

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee)

    2026-01-29 · pass · 15-0

  • Favorable (State Affairs Committee)

    2026-02-17 · pass · 21-0

  • Passage, Third Reading

    2026-02-25 · pass · 116-0

    Member-level votes (117)
    • Abbott: yes
    • Eskamani: yes
    • Oliver: yes
    • Albert: yes
    • Esposito: yes
    • Overdorf: yes
    • Alvarez, D.: yes
    • Fabricio: yes
    • Owen: yes
    • Alvarez, J.: yes
    • Franklin: yes
    • Partington: yes
    • Anderson: yes
    • Gantt: yes
    • Perez: yes
    • Andrade: yes
    • Garrison: yes
    • Persons-Mulicka: yes
    • Antone: yes
    • Gentry: yes
    • Plakon: yes
    • Aristide: yes
    • Gerwig: yes
    • Plasencia: yes
    • Baker: yes
    • Giallombardo: yes
    • Porras: yes
    • Bankson: yes
    • Gonzalez Pittman: yes
    • Rayner: yes
    • Barnaby: yes
    • Gossett-Seidman: yes
    • Redondo: yes
    • Bartleman: yes
    • Gottlieb: yes
    • Rizo: yes
    • Basabe: yes
    • Greco: yes
    • Robinson, F.: yes
    • Benarroch: yes
    • Griffitts: yes
    • Robinson, W.: yes
    • Berfield: yes
    • Grow: yes
    • Rosenwald: yes
    • Black: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Salzman: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Hart-Lowman: yes
    • Sapp: yes
    • Booth: yes
    • Hinson: yes
    • Shoaf: yes
    • Borrero: yes
    • Hodgers: yes
    • Sirois: yes
    • Botana: yes
    • Holcomb: yes
    • Skidmore: yes
    • Boyles: yes
    • Hunschofsky: yes
    • Smith: yes
    • Brackett: yes
    • Jacques: yes
    • Snyder: yes
    • Brannan: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Spencer: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Stark: yes
    • Busatta: yes
    • Kendall: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Kincart Jonsson: yes
    • Tant: yes
    • Canady: yes
    • Koster: yes
    • Tendrich: yes
    • Cassel: yes
    • LaMarca: yes
    • Tomkow: yes
    • Chamberlin: yes
    • Long: yes
    • Trabulsy: yes
    • Chambliss: yes
    • López, J.: yes
    • Tramont: yes
    • Chaney: yes
    • Maggard: yes
    • Tuck: yes
    • Cobb: yes
    • Maney: yes
    • Valdés: yes
    • Conerly: yes
    • McClure: yes
    • Weinberger: yes
    • Cross: yes
    • McFarland: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Daley: yes
    • Melo: yes
    • Yarkosky: yes
    • Daniels: yes
    • Michael: yes
    • Yeager: yes
    • Driskell: yes
    • Miller: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Duggan: yes
    • Mooney: yes
    • Dunkley: yes
    • Nix: yes
    • Edmonds: yes
    • Nixon: yes
    • Joseph: not voting

Related bills

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Official source

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/593/ByCategory

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