The Florida Ethics Institute (FEI) is a nonprofit organization founded to protect and advance the cause of ethics in government by providing ethics education, training, and information services and materials to public officials and to the public they serve.
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The Florida Ethics Law Handbook is the only comprehensive guide to ethics laws in Florida. The Handbook provides a brief but rigorous review of Florida’s ethics laws, and related constitutional provisions, by topic—including gifts, conflicts of interest, nepotism, financial disclosure, voting conflicts, and more!
The following is a list of bills the Florida Ethics Institute is tracking during the 2023 legislative session. The selected bills have ethics law implications in Florida. The bills identified are divided into those proposed in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate.
During its meeting on Friday, March 10, 2023, the Florida Commission on Ethics, the constitutionally created independent agency tasked with interpreting and enforcing the State’s ethics laws, took action on a myriad of matters involving the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees (Code of Ethics) and the “Ethics in Government” amendment to the State constitution (Art. II, s. 8, Fla. Const.).
During its public session meeting on March 10, 2023, the Florida Commission on Ethics, the constitutionally created independent agency tasked with interpreting and enforcing the State’s ethics laws, approved a Motion to Dismiss Complaint, filed by Elizabeth Miller, an attorney who serves as Advocate for the Commission, thereby dismissing the ethics complaint filed against former Agriculture Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate, Nikki Fried, which alleged that she violated a state financial disclosure law.
U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom issued a preliminary injunction against part of a Florida lobbying ban, which became effective on December 31, 2022, that prohibits “public officers” from lobbying for pay during their term of office on issues of “policy, appropriations, or procurement” before the federal government, the legislature, any state government body or agency, or any political subdivision of the state.
The following is a list of bills the Florida Ethics Institute is tracking during the 2023 legislative session. The selected bills have ethics law implications in Florida. The bills identified are divided into those proposed in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate.
The Florida Ethics Institute is pleased to be profiled in an article published today by the Florida Center for Government Accountability. The article titled “Florida Ethics Institute brings ethics training to the public” written by FLCGA News journalist, Rebecca Holcomb, highlights FEI’s mission to advanced the cause of ethics in government through education and focuses on the experience and passion of its founder and Executive Director, Caroline Klancke. Read more at FLCGA News…
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