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SB 1488: Whistleblower’s Act

GENERAL BILL by Brandes

Whistleblower’s Act; Designating the "Florida Public Whistleblower’s Act"; revising the actions that an agency or independent contractor is prohibited from taking against an employee who participates in protected activity or discloses certain information; revising applicability of provisions relating to investigative procedures upon receipt of whistleblower information; revising investigative procedures relating to prohibited personnel actions; revising fact-finding responsibilities of the Florida Commission on Human Relations, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/27/2019 Senate • Filed
    3/8/2019 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 199
    3/13/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 199
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

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  • SB 1488, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2019 at 4:14 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 283 Florida Commission on Human Relations Antone Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee Track This Bill
    S 440 Florida Commission on Human Relations Rouson Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    14.32 Office of Chief Inspector General. Page 28 (pdf)
    20.055 Agency inspectors general. Page 28 (pdf)
    112.3187 Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief. Page 2 (pdf)
    112.3188 Confidentiality of information given to the Chief Inspector General, internal auditors, inspectors general, local chief executive officers, or other appropriate local officials. Page 29 (pdf)
    112.3189 Investigative procedures upon receipt of whistle-blower information from certain state employees. Page 11 (pdf)
    112.31895 Investigative procedures in response to prohibited personnel actions. Page 19 (pdf)
    112.31901 Investigatory records. Page 31 (pdf)
    760.06 Powers of the commission. Page 31 (pdf)

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