Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1063: Gubernatorial Transition
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires Governor to designate transition liaison within EOG within specified timeframe; provides duties of transition liaison; requires head of each state agency to designate agency transition liaison within specified timeframe; provides duties of agency transition liaisons; requires DMS & each state agency to provide certain temporary office facilities to certain persons during transition period; requires DMS, upon request, to provide Governor-elect & his or her staff with information technology & related services for such transition period; requires Governor-elect to designate in writing staff to be provided with such services; requires specified persons to sign certain memorandum of understanding; requires each state agency, upon request, to provide Governor-elect & his or her staff with access to agency leadership personnel during transition period; authorizes state agencies to assign limited personnel to assist Governor-elect & his or her staff; requires that Governor-elect & his or her staff be granted access to all state agency records upon request; requires that Governor-elect & persons designated by Governor-elect be granted access to confidential & exempt records under certain conditions; provides criminal penalties.
What the bill says
An act relating to gubernatorial transition; creating s. 14.059, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the Governor to designate a transition liaison within the Executive Office of the Governor within a specified timeframe; providing duties of the transition liaison; requiring the head of each state agency to designate an agency transition liaison within a specified timeframe; providing duties of the agency transition liaisons…
From the introduced text, February 3, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to gubernatorial transition; creating s. 14.059, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the Governor to designate a transition liaison within the Executive Office of the Governor within a specified timeframe; providing duties of the transition liaison; requiring the head of each state agency to designate an agency transition liaison within a specified timeframe; providing duties of the agency transition liaisons; requiring the Department of Management Services and each state agency to provide certain temporary office facilities to certain persons during the transition period; requiring the department, upon request, to provide the Governor-elect and his or her staff with information technology and related services for such transition period; requiring the Governorelect to designate in writing the persons to be provided with such services; requiring specified persons to sign a certain memorandum of understanding; requiring each state agency, upon request, to provide the Governor-elect and his or her staff with access to agency leadership personnel during the transition period; authorizing state agencies to assign limited personnel to assist the Governor-elect and his or her staff; requiring that the Governor-elect and his or words underlined are additions. hb1063-01-c1 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/HB 1063 2026 her staff be granted access to all state agency records upon request; requiring that the Governorelect and persons designated by the Governor-elect be granted access …
Sponsors
- Overdorf, Toby (R, HD-085) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Rules
- : Received
- : Referred to Rules
- : In Messages
- : CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
- : Read 3rd time
- : Added to Third Reading Calendar
- : Read 2nd time
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
Votes
- House: H 1063 c1 (February 25, 2026): 116 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Budget Committee (February 10, 2026): 25 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House: Budget Committee (February 10, 2026): 25 yea, 1 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 3, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 3, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H1063?
- H1063 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Gubernatorial Transition.
- What does H1063 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to gubernatorial transition; creating s. 14.059, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring the Governor to designate a transition liaison within the Executive Office of the Governor within a specified timeframe; providing duties of the transition liaison; requiring the head of each state agency to designate an agency transition liaison within a specified timeframe; providing duties of the agency transition liaisons…
- What is the status of H1063?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Rules (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1063?
- Overdorf, Toby (R, HD-085).
- Where is the official record for H1063?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1063
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