Florida SB 1662: Prohibited Preferences

Bill Text

1662 
Prohibited Preferences 
2026-01-09T09:29:28Z 
Prohibiting executive agencies from using racial or gender set-asides, preferences, or quotas when making certain decisions; revising factors local governments are authorized to consider in making decisions regarding local bids and contracts for public construction works; revising the criteria each agency uses to evaluate professional services; deleting a provision requiring consideration of minority and gender representation when making appointments to the statewide advisory board for the Florida Small Business Development Center Network; deleting provisions requiring that preferences be given to specified entities seeking to attract minority conventions to Florida, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1662 

 By Senator McClain 

 9-00732C-26 20261662__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to prohibited preferences; amending s. 
 3 16.71, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring the 
 4 Governor to consider appointees to the Florida Gaming 
 5 Control Commission who reflect Florida’s racial, 
 6 ethnic, and gender diversity; amending s. 17.11, F.S.; 
 7 revising the information required to be reported 
 8 periodically by the Chief Financial Officer; 
 9 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 
 10 repealing s. 24.113, F.S., relating to minority 
 11 participation; amending s. 110.112, F.S.; revising 
 12 state policy; prohibiting executive agencies from 
 13 using racial or gender set-asides, preferences, or 
 14 quotas when making certain decisions; deleting 
 15 provisions requiring state entities to develop and 
 16 implement affirmative action plans; amending s. 
 17 110.211, F.S.; revising a phrase that is required to 
 18 be included in all recruitment literature for state 
 19 position vacancies; amending s. 110.605, F.S.; 
 20 deleting a provision requiring the Department of 
 21 Management Services to develop a certain program of 
 22 affirmative and positive actions; repealing s. 
 23 255.101, F.S., relating to utilization of minority 
 24 business enterprises in contracts for public 
 25 construction works; repealing s. 255.102, F.S., 
 26 relating to contractor utilization of minority 
 27 business enterprises; amending s. 255.20, F.S.; 
 28 revising factors local governments are authorized to 
 29 consider in making decisions regarding local bids and 
 30 contracts for public construction works; amending s. 
 31 287.012, F.S.; deleting the definition of the term 
 32 “minority business enterprise”; conforming provisions 
 33 to changes made by the act; amending s. 287.042, F.S.; 
 34 revising the powers, duties, and functions of the 
 35 Department of Management Services to delete provisions 
 36 regarding the Office of Supplier Diversity; amending 
 37 s. 287.055, F.S.; revising the criteria each agency 
 38 uses to evaluate professional services; revising the 
 39 criteria used to determine whether a firm is qualified 
 40 to provide such services; amending s. 287.057, F.S.; 
 41 deleting a provision authorizing the Office of 
 42 Supplier Diversity to request certain information from 
 43 agencies; deleting provisions authorizing agencies to 
 44 reserve contracts for competitive solicitation among 
 45 certified minority business enterprises; deleting a 
 46 provision requiring agencies to enter into a contract 
 47 with a certified minority business enterprise under a 
 48 specified condition; amending s. 287.059, F.S.; 
 49 deleting a provision encouraging agencies to use a 
 50 firm’s minority status when selecting outside firms 
 51 for attorney services; repealing s. 287.093, F.S., 
 52 relating to minority business enterprises and 
 53 procurement of personal property and services from 
 54 funds set aside for such purpose; repealing s. 
 55 287.0931, F.S., relating to minority business 
 56 enterprise participation in bond underwriting; 
 57 repealing s. 287.0943, F.S., relating to certification 
 58 of minority business enterprises; repealing s. 
 59 287.09431, F.S., relating to statewide and interlocal 
 60 agreement on certification of business concerns for 
 61 the status of minority business enterprise; amending 
 62 s. 287.09451, F.S.; deleting legislative findings; 
 63 renaming the Office of Supplier Diversity as the 
 64 Office of Supplier Development; revising the purpose 
 65 of the office; revising the powers, duties, and 
 66 functions of the office; deleting provisions providing 
 67 a process for the Office of Supplier Diversity to 
 68 assist minority business enterprises in the state 
 69 procurement process; deleting provisions requiring 
 70 each state agency to coordinate its minority business 
 71 enterprise procurement with the office; repealing s. 
 72 287.0947, F.S., relating to the Florida Advisory 
 73 Council on Small and Minority Business Development; 
 74 amending s. 288.001, F.S.; deleting a provision 
 75 requirin