Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S802: Public Officers and Employees
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
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 the Commission on Ethics to investigate certain lobbyists or principals who make prohibited expenditures, etc.
What the bill says
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…
From the introduced text, December 9, 2025:
A bill to be entitled 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 …
Sponsors
- Mayfield, Debbie (R, SD-019) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- : Introduced
- : Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
- : Filed
Subjects: Rules, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Common questions
- What is S802?
- S802 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Public Officers and Employees.
- What does S802 do?
- In its own words: 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…
- What is the status of S802?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S802?
- Mayfield, Debbie (R, SD-019).
- Where is the official record for S802?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/802
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