Bill Sponsor
Florida House Bill 495
Session 2025
Adverse Personnel Actions Against Employees
Active
Active
Failed in House on Jun 16, 2025
First Action
Feb 10, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 16, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
495
State
Florida
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
House Votes (0)
House votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
Adverse Personnel Actions Against Employees; 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 & persons who submit written complaints to commission or provide information to investigator during investigation of complaint; authorizes certain employees or applicants for employment to file complaints in accordance with specified provisions; authorizes such employees or applicants to pursue specified administrative remedy or civil action within specified timeframe; authorizes local public employees to file complaint with appropriate local governmental authority; provides requirements for administrative procedures created by local governmental authorities; authorizes such employee to bring civil actions in court of competent jurisdiction; requires specified relief; provides that it is affirmative defense to certain actions that adverse action was predicated on grounds other than exercising of certain protected rights.
Actions (8)
06/16/2025
House
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
05/03/2025
House
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
03/04/2025
House
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
02/19/2025
House
Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
02/19/2025
House
Referred to State Affairs Committee
02/19/2025
House
Referred to Rules & Ethics Committee
02/19/2025
House
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
02/10/2025
House
Filed
Sources
Record Created
Feb 14, 2025 3:56:00 PM
Record Updated
Jul 6, 2025 11:33:47 AM