SB 572 Florida 2026 session
Ethics for Public Officers and Employees
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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action April 2, 2026
Chapter No. 2026-22
Recorded votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
9 yes · 0 no · pass January 26, 2026
Passage likelihood
Not enough recorded signal to estimate this bill's chances.
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
- Chapter No. 2026-22
- Approved by Governor
- Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (187567)
- In returning messages
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Added to Third Reading Calendar
- Amendment 620573 superseded by substitute
- Amendment 187567 adopted
- Read 2nd time
- 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
- Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)
- Bill referred to House Calendar
- In Messages
- Immediately certified
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- Read 3rd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (807008)
- Read 2nd time
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- Now in Rules
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Introduced
- Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
- Filed