Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1303: Department of Financial Services
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Establishes Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within DFS; provides purpose & duties of agency; requires agency to conduct audit of certain local governments; authorizes agency to request certain information; provides penalties for noncompliance with such request; removes requirement that specified hotline be operated for certain amount of time each day; removes requirement that hotline be advertised in specified manner; requires specified employees to take certain training annually; requires first training be completed by specified deadline; requires certain employees who report information to Florida Agency for Fiscal Accountability be afforded same protection as whistle-blowers; prohibits local governments from executing certain documents with specified provisions; provides that such contracts are void; requires local governments submit certain report to DFS; requires counties to use certain contract tracking system.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Department of Financial Services; creating s. 17.324, F.S.; providing definitions; establishing the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within the Department of Financial Services; providing the purpose and duties of the agency; requiring local governments to notify the agency after authorizing specified referendums; requiring the agency to conduct an audit; authorizing the agency to request certain information; providing penalties for noncompliance with such request; requiring certain funds to be deposited in a specified trust fund…
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
An act relating to the Department of Financial Services; creating s. 17.324, F.S.; providing definitions; establishing the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within the Department of Financial Services; providing the purpose and duties of the agency; requiring local governments to notify the agency after authorizing specified referendums; requiring the agency to conduct an audit; authorizing the agency to request certain information; providing penalties for noncompliance with such request; requiring certain funds to be deposited in a specified trust fund; authorizing the agency to waive fines in certain circumstances; providing that certain actions may be challenged in a specified manner; authorizing the agency to report certain evidence to specified parties; authorizing the Florida Commission on Ethics to make certain recommendations; authorizing the Department of Financial Services to create a certain analysis using specified information; requiring that such analysis be posted in a specified manner to certain parties; authorizing the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules; amending s. 17.325, F.S.; removing a requirement that a specified hotline be operated for a certain amount of time each day; HB 1303 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1303-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES removing a requirement that the hotline be advertised in a specified manner; creating s. 112.31424, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring specified employees to take a certain training annually; …
Sponsors
- Miller, Monique (R, HD-033) · primary sponsor
- Miller (R, 33) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- : Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- : Referred to Commerce Committee
- : Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1303?
- H1303 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Department of Financial Services.
- What does H1303 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Department of Financial Services; creating s. 17.324, F.S.; providing definitions; establishing the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within the Department of Financial Services; providing the purpose and duties of the agency; requiring local governments to notify the agency after authorizing specified referendums; requiring the agency to conduct an audit; authorizing the agency to request certain information; providing penalties for noncompliance with such request; requiring certain funds to be deposited in a specified trust fund…
- What is the status of H1303?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1303?
- Miller, Monique (R, HD-033), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1303?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1303
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