Bill > S0802

Introduced Session

An act relating to public officers and employees; creating s. 20.71, F.S.; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, secretaries and executive directors of departments, chief administrative officers of certain units of state government, members of commissions and licensing boards, chairs of governing boards or certain chief executives of certain statewide entities, or any persons appointed to hold state office in the executive branch of state government be United States citizens and residents of this state; providing that such an office is automatically deemed vacant if the person holding that office does not meet certain requirements; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, members of the board of trustees for state universities be United States citizens and residents of this state or graduates of the state university that the board oversees; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, members of the Board of Governors of the State University System be United States citizens and either residents of this state or graduates of a state university; providing that if any such requirements are not met, the member’s office is deemed vacant; amending s. 104.31, F.S.; prohibiting state, county, and municipal officers and employees from using their official authority or influence to solicit another person to make certain contributions; revising construction of provisions relating to political activities of state, county, and municipal officers and employees; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; prohibiting the authorization or approval of reimbursements for travel expenses between the personal residence and official headquarters of persons in specified positions; defining the term “residence”; requiring that the official headquarters for specified positions be the city or town in which the department’s official headquarters is located; prohibiting persons serving in specified positions from being reimbursed for certain travel expenses; creating s. 112.31251, F.S.; defining the term “office” for purposes of s. 5(a), Art. II of the State Constitution; defining the term “employment”; amending s. 112.3261, F.S.; defining the term “expenditure”; requiring the Commission on Ethics to investigate certain lobbyists or principals who make prohibited expenditures; prohibiting lobbyists or principals from making, and district governing board members, executive directors, or certain employees of water management districts from accepting, any expenditure; amending s. 1001.71, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Debbie Mayfield (R)*, 

Introduced (on 01/13/2026)

Official Document