Florida HB 1197: Charter Schools

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CS/CS/HB 1197 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to information technology procurement 2
and contracting; amending s. 20.22, F.S.; providing 3
that the Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and 4
Oversight is within the Florida Digital Service; 5
amending s. 282.0041, F.S.; revising and providing 6
definitions; amending s. 282.0051, F.S.; revising the 7
duties and responsibilities of the Florida Digital 8
Service; requiring the Florida Digital Service to 9
manage certain contracts, report certain information 10
to specified parties annually, and adopt certain 11
rules; creating s. 282.00513, F.S.; creating the 12
Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight 13
within the Florida Digital Service; providing duties 14
and responsibilities of the bureau; requiring certain 15
parties to designate a chief of the bureau; creating 16
s. 282.00514, F.S.; requiring state agencies include 17
specified information in certain solicitations and 18
contracts; requiring state agencies to follow certain 19
processes and use certain forms in certain 20
circumstances; requiring state agencies to consult 21
with the Florida Digital Service and work 22
cooperatively with specified entities in certain 23
circumstances; requiring state agencies take certain 24
actions related to information technology project 25

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procurement planning; requiring state agencies to 26
comply with a specified framework established by the 27
Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight; 28
requiring state agencies provide information in a 29
specified format; amending s. 282.00515, F.S.; 30
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 31
amending s. 287.057, F.S.; requiring the Department of 32
Management Services to maintain a specified repository 33
for certain records; creating s. 287.0583, F.S.; 34
providing contract requirements for certain 35
information technology commodities and services; 36
amending s. 287.0591, F.S.; revising requirements for 37
information technology competitive solicitations; 38
providing an effective date. 39
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 41
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 43
20.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 44
20.22 Department of Management Services.—There is created 45
a Department of Management Services. 46
(2) The following divisions, programs, and services within 47
the Department of Management Services are established: 48
(b) The Florida Digital Service, which shall include the 49
Bureau of Enterprise Project Management and Oversight. 50

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Section 2. Subsections (24) through (38) of section 51
282.0041, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (25) 52
through (39), respectively, subsections (28) and (30) are 53
amended, and a new subsection (24) is added to that section, to 54
read: 55
282.0041 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term: 56
(24) "Major information technology system" means an 57
information technology system with a total cost of ownership of 58
$10 million or more, which directly serves or impacts end users 59
in the delivery of constituent-facing services or which supports 60
mission-critical operations essential to a state agency's 61
statutory duties or core business functions. 62
(28)(27) "Project oversight" means an independent review 63
and assessment analysis of an information technology project 64
that provides information on the project's scope, completion 65
timeframes, performance measurement, and budget and that 66
identifies and quantifies issues or risks affecting the 67
successful and timely completion of the project. 68
(30)(29) "Risk assessment" means the process of 69
identifying operational risks and security risks, determining 70
their magnitude, and identifying areas needing safeguards. 71
Section 3. Section 282.0051, Florida Statutes, is amended 72
to read: 73
282.0051 Department of Management Services; Florida 74
Digital Service; powers, duties, and functions.— 75

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(1) The Florida Digital Service is has been created within 76
the department to propose innovative solutions that securely 77
modernize state government, including technology and information 78
services, to achieve value through digital transformation and 79
interoperability, and to fully support the cloud-first policy as 80
specified in