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

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Enacted — last recorded action April 2, 2026

Chapter No. 2026-22

Recorded votes

Returning Messages

38 yes · 0 no · pass March 12, 2026

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Passage, Third Reading

113 yes · 0 no · pass March 10, 2026

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Third Reading

38 yes · 0 no · pass February 11, 2026

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Favorable

23 yes · 0 no · pass February 3, 2026

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Favorable

8 yes · 0 no · pass January 13, 2026

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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

  1. Chapter No. 2026-22
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
  6. Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (187567)
  7. In returning messages
  8. CS passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  9. Read 3rd time
  10. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  11. Amendment 620573 superseded by substitute
  12. Amendment 187567 adopted
  13. Read 2nd time
  14. 1st Reading (Engrossed 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
  20. Read 3rd time
  21. Amendment(s) adopted (807008)
  22. Read 2nd time
  23. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
  24. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  25. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  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
  34. Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  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
  37. Filed
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