Executive Suspensions
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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Jose Angel Martinez, County Commissioner, Miami-Dade County
- 9/20/2022 Executive Order 22-215 (PDF) 2023 Senate Journal, Page 14 (PDF)
- 11/22/2022 Letter from the Secretary of the Senate (PDF)
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Andrew Warren, State Attorney of the 13th Judicial Circuit
- 8/4/2022 Executive Order 22-176 (PDF) 2023 Senate Journal, Page 8 (PDF)
- 8/4/2022 Memorandum from President Simpson to All Senators (PDF)
- 8/15/2022 Letter from the Secretary of the Senate (PDF)
- 8/17/2022 Letter from Secretary Brown Re: Notice of Abeyance (PDF)
- 8/17/2022 Memorandum from President Simpson – Update Re: Executive Order of Suspension 22-176 (PDF)
- 1/20/2023 Memorandum from President Passidomo to All Senators (PDF)
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