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HB 1149: Local Government Fiscal Transparency

GENERAL BILL by DiCeglie ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Buchanan ; Fernandez-Barquin

Local Government Fiscal Transparency; Revises Legislative Auditing Committee duties; specifies purpose of local government fiscal transparency requirements; requires local governments to post voting record information on websites; requires property appraisers & local governments to post property tax information & history on websites; requires public notices for public hearings & meetings before new tax increases; requires local governments to conduct debt affordability analyses; provides method for local governments to post certain required information.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/7/2020 House • Filed
    1/13/2020 House • Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 101
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 101
    1/16/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/21/20, 9:00 am, 12 HOB
    1/21/2020 House • Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 3 -HJ 412
    • Now in Ways and Means Committee -HJ 412
    1/23/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Ways and Means Committee, 01/27/20, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
    1/27/2020 House • Favorable by Ways and Means Committee; YEAS 11 NAYS 4 -HJ 448
    • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 448
    2/11/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/13/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
    2/13/2020 House • Favorable by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 6 -HJ 569
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 569
    2/20/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/20
    2/26/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 652
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 652
    • Passed; YEAS 77 NAYS 36 -HJ 652
    3/3/2020 Senate • In Messages
    3/5/2020 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations -SJ 474
    • Received -SJ 474
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Community Affairs

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  • HB 1149, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/7/2020 at 3:58 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2020 (pdf)
    Ways and Means Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2020 (pdf)
    State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/13/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1702 Local Government Fiscal Transparency Diaz Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Community Affairs Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/26/2020 3:03 PM House 77 Yeas - 36 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (17)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 2 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 5 (pdf)
    125.045 County economic development powers. Page 5 (pdf)
    166.021 Powers. Page 8 (pdf)
    215.97 Florida Single Audit Act. Page 21 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 22 (pdf)
    218.795 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.80 Public Bid Disclosure Act. Page 11 (pdf)
    218.801 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.803 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.805 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.81 Page 12 (pdf)
    218.82 Page 13 (pdf)
    218.83 Page 15 (pdf)
    218.84 Page 19 (pdf)
    218.88 Page 20 (pdf)
    218.89 Page 20 (pdf)

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