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IntroducedNov 18, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 11, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
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.
Summary
Comments on SB 572
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Sponsors
- Governmental Oversight and Accountabilityprimary

Votes
Actions
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Amendment(s) adopted (807008)
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/11/26
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Rules
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Jan 26, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 14, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Introduced
- Jan 08, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Dec 09, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
- Nov 18, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) (1/12/2026 4:11 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) (1/14/2026 3:00 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) (1/23/2026 2:23 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) (1/27/2026 10:33 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Pre-Meeting) (2/2/2026 7:48 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Rules (Post-Meeting) (2/3/2026 2:16 PM)
