HB 593 Florida 2026 session
Governmental Agencies and Personnel
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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed one chamber — last recorded action March 13, 2026
Died in Rules
Recorded votes
Passage likelihood
95% Higher than most bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Passed one chamber.
- Cosponsors 4 cosponsors.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Died in Rules
- Received
- Referred to Rules
- In Messages
- Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Read 2nd time
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- Added to Second Reading Calendar
- Bill released to House Calendar
- Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- Favorable by State Affairs Committee
- Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- Now in State Affairs Committee
- Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
- Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- Referred to State Affairs Committee
- Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
- Filed