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CS/CS/SB 620: Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Ethics and Elections ; DiCeglie ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Yarborough

Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts; Specifying that certain conduct by certain public officers and employees is deemed a conflict of interest; requiring certain ethics training for elected local officers of independent special districts, beginning on a specified date, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/9/2023	Senate	• Filed
  2/16/2023	Senate	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
  3/2/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
  3/7/2023	Senate	• Introduced
  3/9/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 03/14/23, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  3/14/2023	Senate	• CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  3/16/2023	Senate	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  3/21/2023	Senate	• CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
  3/31/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/05/23, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  4/5/2023	Senate	• CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  4/6/2023	Senate	• Now in Rules
  4/11/2023	Senate	• CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
  4/14/2023	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/19/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/19/2023	Senate	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
  4/20/2023	Senate	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/27/2023	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/23
  5/2/2023	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 680 • Substituted CS/HB 199 -SJ 681 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 199 (Ch. 2023-121) -SJ 681

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• CS/CS/SB 620, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/5/2023 at 3:20 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/18/2023 (pdf) Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/20/2023 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 199 (er)	Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts	Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee	Identical	Last Action: 5/25/2023 Chapter No. 2023-121
  H 241	Ethics for Public Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts	Daley	Compare	Last Action: 2/27/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 199 (Ch. 2023-121)

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/19/2023 8:30 AM	Rules	19 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.	Page 1 (pdf)
  112.3142	Ethics training for specified constitutional officers, elected municipal officers, and commissioners.	Page 3 (pdf)

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• CS/SB 620, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/16/2023 at 9:03 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 4/4/2023 (pdf) Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 4/5/2023 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 199 (c1)	Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts	Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee	Similar	Last Action: 5/25/2023 Chapter No. 2023-121
  H 241	Ethics for Public Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts	Daley	Compare	Last Action: 2/27/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 199 (Ch. 2023-121)

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  901898 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Governmental Oversight and Accountability (DiCeglie)	4/4/2023 8:19 AM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/5/2023	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  4/5/2023 8:30 AM	Governmental Oversight and Accountability	8 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.	Page 1 (pdf)
  112.3142	Ethics training for specified constitutional officers, elected municipal officers, and commissioners.	Page 3 (pdf)

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• SB 620, Original Filed Version Posted 2/9/2023 at 9:20 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 3/6/2023 (pdf) Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 3/15/2023 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 241	Ethics for Public Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts	Daley	Compare	Last Action: 2/27/2023 H Withdrawn prior to introduction; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 199 (Ch. 2023-121)

  Committee Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  624552 - Amendment Delete lines 17 - 51 and insert:	Ethics and Elections (DiCeglie)	3/6/2023 1:54 PM	Withdrawn 3/15/2023	Web Page PDF
  127342 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Ethics and Elections (DiCeglie)	3/13/2023 1:46 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 3/15/2023	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (1)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/14/2023 4:00 PM	Ethics and Elections	10 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  112.313	Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys.	Page 1 (pdf)

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