HB 1303: Department of Financial Services
GENERAL BILL by Miller
Department of Financial Services; Establishes Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight within DFS; provides purpose & duties of agency; requires agency to conduct audit of certain local governments; authorizes agency to request certain information; provides penalties for noncompliance with such request; removes requirement that specified hotline be operated for certain amount of time each day; removes requirement that hotline be advertised in specified manner; requires specified employees to take certain training annually; requires first training be completed by specified deadline; requires certain employees who report information to Florida Agency for Fiscal Accountability be afforded same protection as whistle-blowers; prohibits local governments from executing certain documents with specified provisions; provides that such contracts are void; requires local governments submit certain report to DFS; requires counties to use certain contract tracking system.
Last Action: 1/15/2026 House - Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/8/2026 House • Filed
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/15/2026 House • Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
• Referred to Commerce Committee
• Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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HB 1303, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2026 at 3:17 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1572 Department of Financial Services DiCeglie Similar Last Action: 1/16/2026 S Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations; Rules 
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 17.324 Page 3 (pdf) 17.325 Governmental efficiency hotline; duties of Chief Financial Officer. Page 6 (pdf) 112.31424 Page 8 (pdf) 215.985 Transparency in government spending. Page 10 (pdf)