Florida Senate - 2026 SB 964
By Senator Wright
8-00912-26 2026964__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to financial disclosures; amending s.
3 112.3148, F.S.; requiring reporting individuals and
4 procurement employees to file annual reports listing
5 certain gifts with the Commission on Ethics instead of
6 with the required financial disclosure statement;
7 requiring such individuals and employees who have left
8 office or employment within a specified timeframe to
9 file the annual report with the commission instead of
10 at the same location as their financial disclosure
11 statement; amending s. 112.3149, F.S.; requiring
12 reporting individuals and procurement employees to
13 disclose the name, address, and affiliation of a
14 person providing specified honorarium expenses with
15 the commission instead of with the required financial
16 disclosure statement; requiring such individuals and
17 employees who have left office or employment within a
18 specified timeframe to file the annual statement with
19 the commission instead of at the same location as
20 their financial disclosure statement; providing an
21 effective date.
22
23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
26 112.3148, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
27 112.3148 Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by
28 individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of
29 financial interests and by procurement employees.—
30 (6)
31 (d) No later than July 1 of each year, each reporting
32 individual or procurement employee shall file a statement
33 listing each gift having a value in excess of $100 received by
34 the reporting individual or procurement employee, either
35 directly or indirectly, from a governmental entity or a direct
36 support organization specifically authorized by law to support a
37 governmental entity. The statement shall list the name of the
38 person providing the gift, a description of the gift, the date
39 or dates on which the gift was given, and the value of the total
40 gifts given during the calendar year for which the report is
41 made. The reporting individual or procurement employee shall
42 attach to the statement any report received by him or her in
43 accordance with paragraph (c), which report shall become a
44 public record when filed with the statement of the reporting
45 individual or procurement employee. The reporting individual or
46 procurement employee may explain any differences between the
47 report of the reporting individual or procurement employee and
48 the attached reports. The annual report filed by a reporting
49 individual shall be filed with the financial disclosure
50 statement required by either s. 8, Art. II of the State
51 Constitution or s. 112.3145, as applicable to the reporting
52 individual. The annual report filed by a procurement employee
53 shall be filed with the Commission on Ethics. The report filed
54 by a reporting individual or procurement employee who left
55 office or employment during the calendar year covered by the
56 report shall be filed with the Commission on Ethics by July 1 of
57 the year after leaving office or employment at the same location
58 as his or her final financial disclosure statement or, in the
59 case of a former procurement employee, with the Commission on
60 Ethics.
61 Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 112.3149, Florida
62 Statutes, is amended to read:
63 112.3149 Solicitation and disclosure of honoraria.—
64 (6) A reporting individual or procurement employee who
65 receives payment or provision of expenses related to any
66 honorarium event from a person who is prohibited by subsection
67 (4) from paying an honorarium to a reporting individual or
68 procurement employee shall publicly disclose on an annual
69 statement the name, address, and affiliation of the person
70 paying or providing the expenses; the amount of the honorarium
71 expenses; the date of the honorarium event; a description of the
72 expenses paid or provided on each day of the honorarium event;
73 and the total value of the expenses provided to the reporting
74 individual or procurement employee in connection with the
75 honorarium event. The annual statement of honorarium expenses
76 shall be filed by July 1 of each year for those expenses
77 received during the previous calendar year. The reporting
78 individual or procurement employee shall attach to the annual
79 statement a copy of each statement received by him or her in
80 accordance with subsection (5) regarding honorarium expenses
81 paid or provided during the calendar year for which the annual
82 statement is filed. The attached statement shall become a public
83 record upon the filing of the annual report. The annual
84 statement of a reporting individual shall be filed with the
85 financial disclosure statement required by either s. 8, Art. II
86 of the State Constitution or s. 112.3145, as applicable to the
87 reporting individual. The annual statement of a procurement
88 employee shall be filed with the Commission on Ethics. The
89 statement filed by a reporting individual or procurement
90 employee who left office or employment during the calendar year
91 covered by the statement shall be filed with the Commission on
92 Ethics by July 1 of the year after leaving office or employment
93 at the same location as his or her final financial disclosure
94 statement or, in the case of a former procurement employee, with
95 the Commission on Ethics.
96 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.