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The Suspension Process

Article IV, section 7(a), of the State Constitution authorizes the Governor to suspend any state officer not subject to impeachment or any county officer on any of the following grounds: malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony.

The Florida Senate has the exclusive responsibility to sit in judgment of the merits of a suspension. The Senate may remove from office or reinstate the suspended official. Senate Rule 12 outlines the process adopted by the Senate.

Suspensions are sorted by the session in which last publication occurred in the Journal.

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Kyle Martin Hudson, Holmes County Clerk of Court and Comptroller
- 3/20/2019 Executive Order 19-83 (PDF) 2019 Senate Journal, Page 271 (PDF)
- 3/22/2019 Letter from the Secretary of the Senate (PDF)
- 3/22/2019 Referral to Special Master (PDF)
- 1/27/2020 Memorandum from President to Secretary Brown – Closes Matter (PDF) 2020 Senate Journal, Page 224 (PDF)

Mary Beth Jackson, Superintendent of Schools, Okaloosa County

1/11/2019 Executive Order 19-13 (PDF) 2019 Senate Journal, Pages 164-165 (PDF)
1/14/2019 Letter from the Secretary of the Senate (PDF)
1/16/2019 Request for Hearing (PDF)
1/24/2019 Referral to Special Master (PDF)
2/15/2019 Governor DeSantis' Bill of Particulars (PDF)
3/01/2019 Superintendent Jackson’s Response to Governor DeSantis’ Bill of Particulars (PDF)
3/04/2019 Memo from President Galvano Re: Abeyance Pursuant to Senate Rule 12.9(2) (PDF)
4/16/2019 Memo from President Galvano Re: Update on Executive Suspensions (PDF)
4/16/2019 Special Master Goodlette’s Letter Re: Proceedings Post Litigation (PDF)
4/18/2019 Governor Desantis' Witness and Exhibit List (PDF)
4/19/2019 Governor Desantis' Annotated Exhibit List (PDF)
4/22/2019 Superintendent Jackson’s Witness and Exhibit List (PDF)
4/22/2019 Superintendent Jackson’s Witness and Exhibit List - Exhibit A (PDF)
4/23/2019 Special Master Letter Re: Post Prehearing Deadlines and Notice of Final Hearing (PDF)
4/26/2019 Governor’s Bench Memorandum (PDF)
5/03/2019 Superintendent Jackson's Bench Memorandum (PDF)
5/07/2019 Governor’s Rebuttal Bench Memorandum (PDF)
5/21/2019 Superintendent Jackson’s Joint Stipulated Facts (PDF)
5/21/2019 Superintendent Jackson’s Joint Annotated Exhibit List (PDF)
5/24/2019 Superintendent Jackson’s Amended Joint Stipulated Facts (PDF)
7/17/2019 Executive Order 19-166 (PDF) 2020 Senate Journal, Page 143 (PDF)
7/17/2019 Resignation of Mary Beth Jackson (PDF)
7/17/2019 Memo from President Galvano Re: Executive Suspension (PDF) 2020 Senate Journal, Page 144 (PDF)

Meeting Details	Meeting Records
2/4/2019 11:00 AM Special Master Case Management Conference 401 Senate Building	Meeting Notice (PDF) Video
3/11/2019 10:00 AM Special Master Prehearing Conference 401 Senate Building	Meeting Notice (PDF) Meeting cancelled
4/23/2019 1:00 PM Special Master Prehearing Conference 301 Senate Building	Meeting Notice (PDF) Video
5/28/2019 and 5/29/2019 10:00 AM Special Master Final Hearing 401 Senate Building	Meeting Notice (PDF) 5/28 Video - Part 1 5/28 Video - Part 2 5/29 Video - Part 1 5/29 Video - Part 2 5/29 Video - Part 3

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For more information on the Senate's role in the suspension process please contact:

Office of the Senate Secretary
Suite 405, The Capitol
404 S. Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
(850) 487-5270
secretaryofthesenate@flsenate.gov