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HB 5203: Government Administration

GENERAL BILL by State Administration Budget Subcommittee ; Miller

Government Administration; Revises provisions relating to government administration including auditing, reviews, & investigations of programs, appropriations, & state entities; government accountability; planning & budgeting; estimating conferences; EOG budget recommendations; & budget requests.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 2/20/2026 House - Conference Committee appointed
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/16/2026 House • Filed
    • Bill referred to House Calendar
    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/19/2026)
    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
    2/19/2026 House • Read 2nd time
    • Added to Third Reading Calendar
    • Read 3rd time
    • Passed; YEAS 104, NAYS 2
    • Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
    2/19/2026 Senate • In Messages
    • Referred to Appropriations
    • Received
    2/20/2026 House • Conference Committee appointed

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  • HB 5203, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/16/2026 at 3:31 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   State Administration Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/16/2026 (pdf)

    Related Bills (4)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 5001 General Appropriations Act Budget Committee Compare Last Action: 2/20/2026 S Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Senator Garcia, Chair; Senators Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Simon, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senators Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, and Sharief; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Senator Harrell, Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, and Leek; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/Pre-K – 12: Senator Burgess, Chair; Senators Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Massullo, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation & Economic Development: Senator DiCeglie, Chair; Senators Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Bracy Davis, Grall, Leek, Martin, Mayfield, McClain, Polsky, Smith, Truenow, and Wright. Track This Bill
    H 5003 Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act Budget Committee Compare Last Action: 2/20/2026 S Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Senator Garcia, Chair; Senators Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Simon, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senators Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, and Sharief; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Senator Harrell, Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, and Leek; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/Pre-K – 12: Senator Burgess, Chair; Senators Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Massullo, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation & Economic Development: Senator DiCeglie, Chair; Senators Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Bracy Davis, Grall, Leek, Martin, Mayfield, McClain, Polsky, Smith, Truenow, and Wright. Track This Bill
    S 2500 Appropriations Appropriations Compare Last Action: 2/20/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001 Track This Bill
    S 2502 Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act Appropriations Compare Last Action: 2/20/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5003 Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    2/19/2026 2:56 PM House 104 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (29)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.26 Legislative employees; employment restrictions. Page 7 (pdf)
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 7 (pdf), Page 10 (pdf)
    11.405 Page 13 (pdf)
    11.406 Page 17 (pdf)
    11.407 Page 22 (pdf)
    11.42 The Auditor General. Page 22 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 25 (pdf)
    11.47 Penalties; failure to make a proper audit or examination; making a false report; failure to produce documents or information. Page 50 (pdf)
    11.51 Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. Page 52 (pdf)
    14.32 Office of Chief Inspector General. Page 53 (pdf)
    20.055 Agency inspectors general. Page 74 (pdf)
    112.3187 Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief. Page 53 (pdf)
    112.3188 Confidentiality of information given to the Chief Inspector General, internal auditors, inspectors general, local chief executive officers, or other appropriate local officials. Page 56 (pdf)
    112.3189 Investigative procedures upon receipt of whistle-blower information from certain state employees. Page 60 (pdf)
    112.31901 Investigatory records. Page 63 (pdf)
    112.3215 Lobbying before the executive branch or the Constitution Revision Commission; registration and reporting; investigation by commission. Page 63 (pdf)
    112.324 Procedures on complaints of violations and referrals; public records and meeting exemptions. Page 64 (pdf)
    216.011 Definitions. Page 64 (pdf)
    216.023 Legislative budget requests to be furnished to Legislature by agencies. Page 65 (pdf)
    216.052 Community budget requests; appropriations. Page 66 (pdf)
    216.137 Sessions of consensus estimating conferences; workpapers. Page 66 (pdf)
    216.177 Appropriations acts, statement of intent, violation, notice, review and objection procedures. Page 67 (pdf)
    216.192 Release of appropriations; revision of budgets. Page 68 (pdf)
    216.222 Budget Stabilization Fund; criteria for withdrawing moneys. Page 69 (pdf)
    216.262 Authorized positions. Page 69 (pdf)
    216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions. Page 70 (pdf)
    409.8134 Program expenditure ceiling; enrollment. Page 73 (pdf)
    409.902 Designated single state agency; payment requirements; program title; release of medical records. Page 73 (pdf)
    760.06 Powers of the commission. Page 74 (pdf)

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