Florida HB 687: Government Waste and Misconduct

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HB 687 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to government waste and misconduct; 2
requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and 3
Government Accountability, the Auditor General, and 4
the Government Efficiency Task Force to prepare a 5
specified report; requiring that specified subjects be 6
investigated and evaluated, and certain funds 7
identified, as part of the report; requiring that the 8
report be submitted to specified parties; requiring 9
the Attorney General to take certain actions to 10
recover specified funds; requiring such recovered 11
funds be used for a certain purpose; requiring that 12
specified funds be transferred and used for a certain 13
purpose; creating s. 409.1466, F.S.; creating the 14
Working Floridians Tax Rebate Program within the 15
Department of Commerce for a certain purpose; 16
requiring that the program be funded in a specified 17
manner; defining the term "waste"; granting certain 18
state funds to people and households that received the 19
federal Earned Income Tax Credit and meet certain 20
criteria; specifying the calculation of the rebate and 21
procedures for disbursing the funds within a certain 22
timeframe; requiring the department to submit to the 23
Governor, the Cabinet, and the Legislature a certain 24
report by a specified date; prohibiting receipt of the 25

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rebate from being used in certain program eligibility 26
determinations; authorizing the department to adopt 27
emergency rules; providing applicability; providing an 28
effective date. 29
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31
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Section 1. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and 33
Government Accountability, the Auditor General, and the 34
Government Efficiency Task Force shall work together to prepare 35
a report identifying fraud, waste, abuse of authority, 36
malfeasance, mismanagement, and misconduct in state government. 37
The report shall include an investigation and evaluation of all 38
state spending, including, but not limited to: 39
(a) All spending related to Executive Order 23-03, 40
including contracts related to the South Florida Detention 41
Facility, also known as "Alligator Alcatraz"; funds related to 42
deploying Florida law enforcement to Texas; and funds used for 43
migrant deportation flights, self-deportation flights, and the 44
Unauthorized Alien Transport Program. 45
(b) All spending by the Department of Children and 46
Families, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Agency for 47
Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Elderly Affairs, 48
the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Statewide Guardian ad 49
Litem Office, CareerSource Florida, Inc., the Agency for Health 50

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Care Administration, and the Division of Emergency Management 51
relating to the "Hope Florida - A Path to Prosperity" initiative 52
launched in 2021 and subsequent Hope Florida program 53
initiatives, including, but not limited to, the Hope Florida 54
Foundation, Hope Florida hotline, Hope Florida website and 55
online CarePortal, Hope Florida partner network, and Hope 56
Florida Fund. The report must also identify the number of full-57
time employees in state agencies currently working on Hope 58
Florida functions, the extent to which full-time employees were 59
repurposed for Hope Florida functions, and any contracts for 60
goods or services entered into by state agencies to further the 61
mission of Hope Florida. 62
(c) Spending on contracts for litigation costs and private 63
attorney services. 64
(d) Efforts related to the Florida Accountability and 65
Fiscal Oversight Office within the Department of Financial 66
Services and the Department of Government Efficiency established 67
in Executive Order 25-44 and whether such efforts are 68
duplicative of the existing Government Efficiency Task Force. 69
(e) Spending related to Florida Department of 70
Transportation Engineering and Operations Memorandum 25-01. 71
(f) Spending related to the Canadian Prescription Drug 72
Importation Program established under s. 381.02035, Florida 73
Statutes. 74
(g) Spending related to the use of ivermectin in treating 75

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cancer. 76
(h) Programs and tracking tools related to books and 77
educational materials which are duplicative of previous methods. 78
(i) The assessment required by s. 1001.03(19)(b), Florida 79
Statutes, including an evaluation of