Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1329: Local Government Finances
Status: Chaptered, June 25, 2026
Revises the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requires the county to hold a budget workshop for a specified purpose by a certain date; requires the county to post a certain budget reduction exercise or link on its website; requires counties to publish budget development calendars, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to local government finances; providing a short title; amending s. 129.03, F.S.; revising the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requiring the county to hold a budget workshop for a specified purpose by a certain date; requiring the county to post a certain budget reduction exercise or link on its website; requiring that tentative, adopted tentative, and final budgets be posted on a county's website; specifying requirements for such posted budgets; deleting obsolete language…
From the enrolled text, March 13, 2026:
An act relating to local government finances; providing a short title; amending s. 129.03, F.S.; revising the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requiring the county to hold a budget workshop for a specified purpose by a certain date; requiring the county to post a certain budget reduction exercise or link on its website; requiring that tentative, adopted tentative, and final budgets be posted on a county's website; specifying requirements for such posted budgets; deleting obsolete language; requiring counties to prepare certain quarterly compensation summaries; requiring that such summaries be posted on a county website in a certain format; requiring counties to publish budget development calendars; specifying requirements for such calendars; providing that such publication may not serve as a basis for certain actions; amending s. 129.06, F.S.; revising the length of time for which a public hearing for an amendment to a county budget must be advertised; requiring that proposed amendments be posted on the county's website on a certain date; revising the length of time for which adopted amendments must remain on such website; amending s. ENROLLED CS/CS/HB 1329, Engrossed 2 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1329 -04-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES 163.3164, F.S.; defining the terms "impact …