Florida House Bill 139

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on October 9 2025 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died on Second Reading Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Prohibits agencies & independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees for disclosing certain information to Commission on Ethics; requires that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; requires disclosure of specified information to commission; provides that specified provisions protect employees who submit written complaints to commission or provide information to investigator during investigation of complaint or referral; authorizes certain employees to file complaints in accordance with specified provisions; authorizes such employees to pursue specified administrative remedy or civil action within specified timeframe; authorizes local public employees to file complaint with appropriate local governmental authority; specifies requirements for administrative procedures created by local governmental authorities; authorizes such employees to bring civil actions in court of competent jurisdiction under specified conditions; provides that it is affirmative defense to certain actions that adverse personnel action was predicated on grounds other than exercising of certain protected rights; requires commission to deliver complaints & any amendment thereto to agency conducting certain investigation, upon agency's written request; provides that such delivery does not affect specified exemptions in regard to complaint & amendments; requires that such delivery be within reasonable timeframe; requires that commission redact certain information under specified conditions; requires commission to deliver complaints & any amendment thereto to certain persons upon notarized written request.

Adverse Personnel Actions and Ethics Complaints

House State Affairs Committee

Rep. Patt Maney [R]

Rep. Yvette Benarroch [R]

2026-02-26 - House - House State Affairs Committee (Y: 26 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-02-19 - House - House Rules & Ethics Committee (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-11 - House - House Government Operations Subcommittee (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died on Second Reading Calendar
2026-03-02	House	Added to Second Reading Calendar
2026-03-02	House	1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2026-03-02	House	Bill referred to House Calendar
2026-02-27	House	CS Filed
2026-02-27	House	Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2026-02-27	House	Reported out of State Affairs Committee
2026-02-26	House	Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
2026-02-24	House	Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2026-02-19	House	Now in State Affairs Committee
2026-02-19	House	Reported out of Rules & Ethics Committee
2026-02-19	House	Favorable by Rules & Ethics Committee
2026-02-17	House	Added to Rules & Ethics Committee agenda
2026-02-11	House	Now in Rules & Ethics Committee
2026-02-11	House	Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-02-11	House	Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee
2026-02-09	House	Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-10-21	House	Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-10-21	House	Referred to State Affairs Committee
2025-10-21	House	Referred to Rules & Ethics Committee
2025-10-21	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
2025-10-09	House	Filed

S92 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died on Calendar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	324		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	3242		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/BillText/c1/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Amendment/794885/PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Analyses/h0139.GOS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Analyses/h0139a.GOS.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Analyses/h0139b.REC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Analyses/h0139c.REC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Analyses/h0139d.SAC.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/139/Analyses/h0139e.SAC.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76413&IsPCB=0&BillId=82667
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76817&IsPCB=0&BillId=82667
Roll Call	https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Committees/billvote.aspx?VoteId=76993&IsPCB=0&BillId=82667