Florida SB 1622: Firearms

Bill Text

1622 
Penalties for Late-filed Disclosures or Statements of Financial Interests 
2026-01-09T07:46:09Z 
Prohibiting the assessment of a fine for a reporting person’s first late filing of a disclosure or statement of financial interests if certain conditions are met, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1622 

 By Senator Rodriguez 

 40-00762A-26 20261622__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to penalties for late-filed 
 3 disclosures or statements of financial interests; 
 4 amending ss. 112.3144 and 112.3145, F.S.; prohibiting 
 5 the assessment of a fine for a reporting person’s 
 6 first late filing of a disclosure or statement of 
 7 financial interests if certain conditions are met; 
 8 providing applicability; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (8) of section 
 13 112.3144, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 14 112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial 
 15 interests.— 
 16 (8) Forms or fields of information for compliance with the 
 17 full and public disclosure requirements of s. 8, Art. II of the 
 18 State Constitution must be prescribed by the commission. The 
 19 commission shall allow a filer to include attachments or other 
 20 supporting documentation when filing a disclosure. The 
 21 commission shall give notice of disclosure deadlines and 
 22 delinquencies and distribute forms in the following manner: 
 23 (f) Except as provided in subparagraph 3., a Any person who 
 24 is required to file full and public disclosure of financial 
 25 interests and whose name is on the commission’s list, and to 
 26 whom notice has been sent, but who fails to timely file is 
 27 assessed a fine of $25 per day for each day late up to a maximum 
 28 of $1,500; however this $1,500 limitation on automatic fines 
 29 does not limit the civil penalty that may be imposed if the 
 30 statement is filed more than 60 days after the deadline and a 
 31 complaint is filed, as provided in s. 112.324. The commission 
 32 must provide by rule the grounds for waiving the fine and the 
 33 procedures by which each person whose name is on the list and 
 34 who is determined to have not filed in a timely manner will be 
 35 notified of assessed fines and may appeal. The rule must provide 
 36 for and make specific that the amount of the fine due is based 
 37 upon when the disclosure is filed on the electronic filing 
 38 system created and maintained by the commission as provided in 
 39 s. 112.31446. 
 40 1. Upon receipt of the disclosure statement or upon accrual 
 41 of the maximum penalty, whichever occurs first, the commission 
 42 shall determine the amount of the fine which is due and shall 
 43 notify the delinquent person. The notice must include an 
 44 explanation of the appeal procedure under subparagraph 2. Such 
 45 fine must be paid within 30 days after the notice of payment due 
 46 is transmitted, unless appeal is made to the commission pursuant 
 47 to subparagraph 2. The moneys shall be deposited into the 
 48 General Revenue Fund. 
 49 2. Any reporting person may appeal or dispute a fine, based 
 50 upon unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to file on 
 51 the designated due date, and may request and is entitled to a 
 52 hearing before the commission, which may waive the fine in whole 
 53 or in part for good cause shown. Any such request must be in 
 54 writing and received by the commission within 30 days after the 
 55 notice of payment due is transmitted. In such a case, the 
 56 reporting person must, within the 30-day period, notify the 
 57 person designated to review the timeliness of reports in writing 
 58 of his or her intention to bring the matter before the 
 59 commission. For purposes of this subparagraph, “unusual 
 60 circumstances” does not include the failure to monitor an e-mail 
 61 account or failure to receive notice if the person has not 
 62 notified the commission of a change in his or her e-mail 
 63 address. 
 64 3. A fine may not be assessed against a reporting person 
 65 the first time a full and public disclosure of financial 
 66 interests for which he or she is responsible for filing is not 
 67 timely filed if the full and public disclosure of financial 
 68 interests was filed before the reporting person accrued the 
 69 maximum automatic fine for that filing year and the reporting 
 70 person has not previously received a waiver of an automatic fine 
 71 pursuant to this subparagraph or s. 112.3145(8)(f)3. The 
 72 automatic fine shall be assessed, however, if the reporting 
 73 person has in a previous year accrued the maximum automatic fine 
 74 pursuant to this subparagraph or s. 112.3145(8)(f), or if he or 
 75 she has previously received a waiver of an automatic fine 
 76 pursuant to this subparagraph or s. 112.3145(8)(f)3. This 
 77 subparagraph applies to fines that bega