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CS/SB 448: Administrative Procedure

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Burgess

Administrative Procedure; Specifying that an agency’s issuance of a guidance document or other statement interpreting a statute without express statutory delegation to issue such guidance is an invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority; prohibiting an agency from adopting a rule or issuing a guidance document without statutory delegation; requiring an agency to conduct retrospective cost-benefit analyses and assessment reports for certain rules, subject to certain requirements; requiring that additional information be published in the Florida Administrative Code, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 3/12/2025 Senate - CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/3/2025 Senate • Filed
    2/10/2025 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules
    3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/6/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/11/2025 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    3/12/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Judiciary
    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

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  • CS/SB 448, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/12/2025 at 10:49 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 305 Administrative Procedure Esposito Compare Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (6)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    120.52 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    120.536 Rulemaking authority; repeal; challenge. Page 4 (pdf)
    120.541 Statement of estimated regulatory costs. Page 4 (pdf)
    120.545 Committee review of agency rules. Page 10 (pdf)
    120.55 Publication. Page 10 (pdf)
    120.56 Challenges to rules. Page 12 (pdf)

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  • SB 448, Original Filed Version Posted 2/3/2025 at 2:05 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 3/10/2025 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 305 Administrative Procedure Esposito Similar Last Action: 3/4/2025 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    520408 - Amendment
    Delete lines 118 - 385 and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Burgess)     		3/10/2025
    1:26 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/11/2025     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2025 1:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    120.52 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    120.536 Rulemaking authority; repeal; challenge. Page 4 (pdf)
    120.541 Statement of estimated regulatory costs. Page 5 (pdf)
    120.545 Committee review of agency rules. Page 9 (pdf)
    120.55 Publication. Page 9 (pdf)
    120.555 Summary removal of published rules no longer in force and effect. Page 13 (pdf)
    120.56 Challenges to rules. Page 14 (pdf)

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