Florida SB 480: Nonprofit Agricultural Organization Medical Benefit Plans

Bill Text

480 
Information Technology 
2026-02-16T11:50:34Z 
Providing for a type two transfer of the duties and functions of the Florida Digital Service from the Department of Management Services to the Division of Integrated Government Innovation and Technology; creating the Division of Integrated Government Innovation and Technology (DIGIT) within the Executive Office of the Governor; requiring DIGIT to operate as the state enterprise organization for information technology governance and as the lead entity responsible for understanding needs and environments, creating standards and strategy, supporting state agency technology efforts, and reporting on the state of information technology in this state, etc. 
Committee Substitute 2 
2026 
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2027-01-05T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for CS for SB 480 

 By the Committee on Appropriations; the Appropriations Committee 
 on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; and Senator 
 Harrell 

 576-02812-26 2026480c2 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to information technology; providing 
 3 for a type two transfer of the duties and functions of 
 4 the Florida Digital Service from the Department of 
 5 Management Services to the Division of Integrated 
 6 Government Innovation and Technology; creating s. 
 7 14.205, F.S.; creating the Division of Integrated 
 8 Government Innovation and Technology (DIGIT) within 
 9 the Executive Office of the Governor; providing that 
 10 the division is a separate budget entity and must 
 11 prepare and submit a budget in accordance with 
 12 specified provisions; requiring the division to be 
 13 responsible for all professional, technical, and 
 14 administrative support to carry out its assigned 
 15 duties; providing for a director of the division; 
 16 providing that the director also serves as the state 
 17 chief information officer; providing for the 
 18 appointment of the director; prohibiting the state 
 19 chief information officer from having certain 
 20 conflicts of interest; providing the qualifications 
 21 for the state chief information officer; providing 
 22 that the deputy director also serves as the deputy 
 23 chief information officer; providing that the director 
 24 will select a state chief information security 
 25 officer, state chief data officer, state chief 
 26 technology officer, and state chief technology 
 27 procurement officer; transferring the state chief 
 28 information officer of the Department of Management 
 29 Services to DIGIT until the Governor appoints a 
 30 permanent officer; requiring that such appointment 
 31 occur by a specified date; amending s. 20.055, F.S.; 
 32 requiring agency inspectors general to review and 
 33 report whether certain agency practices are consistent 
 34 with specified reporting requirements and standards; 
 35 requiring such inspectors general to prepare and 
 36 submit a certain compliance report to certain persons 
 37 by a specified date annually; requiring the chief 
 38 inspector general to review certain reports and 
 39 prepare a consolidated report; requiring that such 
 40 report be submitted to the Executive Office of the 
 41 Governor and the Legislature annually by a specified 
 42 date; requiring certain agency heads to submit certain 
 43 reports to the Executive Office of the Governor and 
 44 the Legislature annually by a specified date; amending 
 45 s. 97.0525, F.S.; requiring that the Division of 
 46 Elections comprehensive risk assessment comply with 
 47 the risk assessment methodology developed by DIGIT; 
 48 amending s. 112.22, F.S.; defining the term “DIGIT”; 
 49 deleting the term “department”; revising the 
 50 definition of the term “prohibited application”; 
 51 authorizing public employers to request a certain 
 52 waiver from DIGIT; requiring DIGIT to take specified 
 53 actions; deleting obsolete language; requiring DIGIT 
 54 to adopt rules; amending s. 119.0725, F.S.; requiring 
 55 that certain confidential and exempt information be 
 56 made available to DIGIT; amending s. 216.023, F.S.; 
 57 deleting a provision requiring state agencies and the 
 58 judicial branch to include a cumulative inventory and 
 59 a certain status report of specified projects as part 
 60 of a budget request; deleting provisions relating to 
 61 ongoing technology-related projects; conforming a 
 62 cross-reference; amending s. 282.0041, F.S.; deleting 
 63 and revising definitions; defining the terms “DIGIT” 
 64 and “technical debt”; amending s. 282.00515, F.S.; 
 65 authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs, the 
 66 Department of Financial Services, and the Department 
 67 of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt 
 68 alternative standards that must be based on specified 
 69 industry-recognized best practices and standards; 
 70 requiring the departments to evaluate the adoption of 
 71 such standards on a case-by-case basis; requiring the 
 72 departments to follow specified standards