CS/SB 92: Employee Protections
GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Gaetz
Employee Protections; Providing that public officers, public employees, and local government attorneys commit a breach of the public trust when they initiate adverse personnel actions against specified agency employees or independent contractors 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.
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 9/29/2025 Senate • Filed
10/13/2025 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Ethics and Elections; Rules
12/1/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
12/9/2025 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
12/11/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Ethics and Elections
1/8/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/13/2026 Senate • Favorable by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• Introduced
• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
1/14/2026 Senate • Now in Rules
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CS/SB 92, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/11/2025 at 3:21 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Ethics and Elections (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2026 (pdf)
Ethics and Elections (Post-Meeting) 1/14/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1650 Public Records/Commission on Ethics Gaetz Linked Last Action: 1/9/2026 S Filed 
H 139 Adverse Personnel Actions and Ethics Complaints Maney Compare Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/13/2026 4:00 PM Ethics and Elections 8 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 4 (pdf) 112.3136 Standards of conduct for officers and employees of entities serving as chief administrative officer of political subdivisions. Page 13 (pdf) 112.324 Procedures on complaints of violations and referrals; public records and meeting exemptions. Page 9 (pdf) 112.3242 Page 5 (pdf) 112.3243 Page 10 (pdf) -
SB 92, Original Filed Version Posted 9/29/2025 at 11:56 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 12/8/2025 (pdf)
Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 12/11/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 139 Adverse Personnel Actions and Ethics Complaints Maney Identical Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 776688 - Amendment (Delete All)
Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:Governmental Oversight and Accountability
(Gaetz)12/8/2025
9:44 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
12/9/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 12/9/2025 10:00 AM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 8 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 112.324 Procedures on complaints of violations and referrals; public records and meeting exemptions. Page 8 (pdf) 112.3242 Page 2 (pdf)