Florida SB 1078: Public Records/United States Census Bureau

Bill Text

1078 
Gubernatorial Transition 
2026-02-03T07:21:06Z 
Requiring the Governor to designate a transition liaison within the Executive Office of the Governor within a specified timeframe; requiring the head of each state agency to designate an agency transition liaison within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of Management Services and each state agency to provide certain temporary office facilities to certain persons during the transition period; requiring that the Governor-elect and his or her staff be granted access to all state agency records upon request, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
S 
GB 
General Bill 
c1 

 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1078 

 By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
 and Senator Grall 

 585-02414-26 20261078c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to gubernatorial transition; creating 
 3 s. 14.059, F.S.; defining terms; requiring the 
 4 Governor to designate a transition liaison within the 
 5 Executive Office of the Governor within a specified 
 6 timeframe; providing duties of the transition liaison; 
 7 requiring the head of each state agency to designate 
 8 an agency transition liaison within a specified 
 9 timeframe; providing duties of the agency transition 
 10 liaisons; requiring the Department of Management 
 11 Services and each state agency to provide certain 
 12 temporary office facilities to certain persons during 
 13 the transition period; requiring the department, upon 
 14 request, to provide the Governor-elect and his or her 
 15 staff with information technology and related 
 16 resources for such transition period; requiring the 
 17 Governor-elect to designate in writing the staff to be 
 18 provided with such resources; requiring specified 
 19 persons to sign a certain memorandum of understanding; 
 20 requiring each state agency, upon request, to provide 
 21 the Governor-elect and his or her staff with access to 
 22 agency leadership personnel during the transition 
 23 period; authorizing state agencies to assign limited 
 24 personnel to assist the Governor-elect and his or her 
 25 staff; requiring that the Governor-elect and his or 
 26 her staff be granted access to all state agency 
 27 records upon request; requiring that the Governor 
 28 elect and persons designated by the Governor-elect be 
 29 granted access to confidential and exempt records 
 30 under certain conditions; providing criminal 
 31 penalties; amending s. 14.057, F.S.; conforming 
 32 provisions to changes made by the act; providing an 
 33 effective date. 
 34 
 35 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 36 
 37 Section 1. Section 14.059, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 38 read: 
 39 14.059 Gubernatorial transition; coordination, access, and 
 40 agency obligations.— 
 41 (1) As used in this section, the term: 
 42 (a) “State agency” means an executive branch agency the 
 43 head of which is appointed solely by the Governor. 
 44 (b) “Transition period” means the period beginning on the 
 45 day the Elections Canvassing Commission certifies the results of 
 46 a general election in a year in which the Governor is elected 
 47 and ending on the day the Governor-elect is inaugurated as 
 48 Governor. The term does not include any period following the 
 49 reelection of an incumbent Governor to a second consecutive 
 50 term. 
 51 (2) No later than the 10th day after the primary election, 
 52 the Governor shall designate a transition liaison within the 
 53 Executive Office of the Governor. The transition liaison shall: 
 54 (a) Serve as the primary point of contact between the 
 55 current administration and the Governor-elect and his or her 
 56 staff. 
 57 (b) Oversee and coordinate transition planning and 
 58 operations with state agencies. 
 59 (c) Create a transition directory that summarizes the 
 60 statutory authority, programs, functions, and organizational 
 61 structure of each state agency. The transition directory must be 
 62 delivered to the Governor-elect within 3 days after the 
 63 beginning of the transition period. 
 64 (d) Create and coordinate transition training, orientation, 
 65 and briefings for the Governor-elect and his or her staff which 
 66 cover: 
 67 1. The organizational structure of the executive branch of 
 68 state government. 
 69 2. Administrative processes of state agencies, including 
 70 personnel systems. 
 71 3. Public records and meeting requirements. 
 72 4. Ethics and financial disclosure laws. 
 73 5. Rulemaking procedures under the Administrative Procedure 
 74 Act. 
 75 6. State budgeting and financial management processes. 
 76 7. Any additional subject identified by the Governor-elect 
 77 and determined by the transition liaison to be reasonably 
 78 necessary to support an orderly transition between 
 79 administrations and the continuity of state agency operations. 
 80 (e) Establish instructions and guidance for agency 
 81 transition liaisons reg