Florida SB 92: Controlled Substances

Bill Text

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Employee Protections 
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Providing that public officers, public employees, and local government attorneys commit a breach of the public trust when they initiate adverse personnel actions against employees of an agency or independent contractor under certain circumstances; prohibiting agencies and independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees or certain persons for disclosing certain information to the Commission on Ethics; requiring that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; providing that specified provisions protect employees and persons who submit written complaints to the commission or provide information to an investigator during an investigation of a complaint or referral, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 92 

 By the Committees on Rules; and Governmental Oversight and 
 Accountability; and Senator Gaetz 

 595-02951-26 202692c2 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to employee protections; amending s. 
 3 112.313, F.S.; defining terms; providing that public 
 4 officers, public employees, and local government 
 5 attorneys commit a breach of the public trust when 
 6 they initiate adverse personnel actions against 
 7 employees of an agency or independent contractor under 
 8 certain circumstances; providing construction; 
 9 creating s. 112.3242, F.S.; providing legislative 
 10 intent; defining terms; prohibiting agencies and 
 11 independent contractors from taking specified actions 
 12 against employees or certain persons for disclosing 
 13 certain information to the Commission on Ethics; 
 14 providing applicability; requiring that information 
 15 disclosed include specified violations or alleged 
 16 violations; requiring disclosure of specified 
 17 information to the commission under specified 
 18 circumstances; providing that specified provisions 
 19 protect employees and persons who submit written 
 20 complaints to the commission or provide information to 
 21 an investigator during an investigation of a complaint 
 22 or referral; providing applicability; authorizing 
 23 certain employees to file complaints in accordance 
 24 with specified provisions; authorizing certain 
 25 complainants to pursue a specified administrative 
 26 remedy or a civil action within a specified timeframe; 
 27 requiring specified relief; providing applicability; 
 28 providing that it is an affirmative defense to certain 
 29 actions that the adverse personnel action was 
 30 predicated on grounds other than the exercising of 
 31 certain protected rights; providing construction; 
 32 amending s. 112.324, F.S.; requiring the Commission on 
 33 Ethics to deliver copies of complaints and any 
 34 amendment thereto to the Public Employees Relations 
 35 Commission upon receiving a written request from the 
 36 agency; providing that such delivery does not affect 
 37 specified exemptions in regard to the complaint and 
 38 amendments; requiring that such delivery be within a 
 39 reasonable timeframe; requiring that the Commission on 
 40 Ethics redact certain information under specified 
 41 conditions; requiring the commission to deliver 
 42 complaints and any amendment thereto to certain 
 43 persons upon receiving a notarized written request; 
 44 providing that such delivery does not affect the 
 45 specified exemptions of the complaint; requiring that 
 46 such delivery happen within a reasonable timeframe; 
 47 requiring the commission to redact certain information 
 48 under specified conditions; creating s. 112.3243, 
 49 F.S.; authorizing certain employees to file a 
 50 complaint with the commission within a specified 
 51 timeframe; requiring that the commission acknowledge 
 52 receipt of such complaint and provide copies of the 
 53 complaint and any other information to the agency head 
 54 or independent contractor within a specified 
 55 timeframe; requiring the commission to conduct 
 56 informal fact-finding regarding legally sufficient 
 57 complaints and provide, within a specified timeframe, 
 58 a certain report to the agency head or independent 
 59 contractor; providing that the commission is empowered 
 60 to take specified actions; requiring the commission to 
 61 notify a complainant of the status of the 
 62 investigation and actions taken when appropriate; 
 63 requiring the commission to make a certain 
 64 determination and provide a fact-finding report to 
 65 specified entities under specified conditions; 
 66 requiring the commission to file such determination 
 67 and report with the agency head or independent 
 68 contractor under specified conditions; requiring the 
 69 commission to provide a certain notice to specified 
 70 entities under specified conditions; requiring the 
 71 commission to terminate investigations under specified 
 72 circumstances; prohibiting disciplinary action a