Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1572: Department of Financial Services
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Establishing the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within the Department of Financial Services; requiring local governments to notify the agency after authorizing specified referenda; deleting a requirement that a specified hotline be operated for a certain amount of time each day; requiring specified employees to take a certain training annually; requiring that certain employees who report information to the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight be afforded the same protection as whistle-blowers, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Department of Financial Services; creating s. 17.324, F.S.; defining terms; 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 referenda; 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 9, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Department of Financial Services; creating s. 17.324, F.S.; defining terms; 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 referenda; 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 to create a certain analysis using specified information; requiring that such analysis be posted in a specified manner to certain parties; authorizing the department to adopt rules; amending s. 17.325, F.S.; deleting a requirement that a specified hotline be operated for a certain amount of time each day; deleting a requirement that the hotline be advertised in a specified manner; creating s. 112.31424, F.S.; defining terms; requiring specified employees to take a certain training annually; requiring the first training to be completed by a specified deadline; requiring that certain employees who report information …
Sponsors
- DiCeglie, Nick (R, SD-018) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Banking and Insurance
- : Introduced
- : Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations; Rules
- : Filed
Subjects: Rules, Appropriations, Banking and Insurance
Common questions
- What is S1572?
- S1572 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Department of Financial Services.
- What does S1572 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Department of Financial Services; creating s. 17.324, F.S.; defining terms; 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 referenda; 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 S1572?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Banking and Insurance (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1572?
- DiCeglie, Nick (R, SD-018).
- Where is the official record for S1572?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1572
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