Ethics Legislative Tracking

Increasing public awareness regarding proposed legislation impacting Florida’s ethics laws in real time and during the critical period prior to and during each legislative session is essential to the protection and advancement of ethics in Florida. As the only independent nonprofit organization in Florida dedicated to preserving and protecting the state’s ethics laws applicable to public officers and employees, the Florida Ethics Institute tracks all ethics-related legislation as it makes its way through the legislative process.

Prior to the commencement of each Legislative Session FEI facilitates the public’s awareness of proposed bills having ethics implications through the publication of its Pre-Session Florida Ethics Legislative Report. The Pre-Session Florida Ethics Legislative Report contains a list of proposed ethics-related bills which the Institute will be tracking throughout the Florida Legislative Session and highlights the Florida Commission on Ethics’ annual Legislative Proposals containing legislative changes to the Code of Ethics recommended by the Commission. Further, throughout the legislative session, FEI will track legislation impacting ethics laws in Florida and provide an analysis of ethics bills in a series of Florida Ethics Legislative Reports for the benefit of all in Florida. At the end of each Legislative Session FEI will prepare a Final Florida Ethics Legislative Report detailing the significant actions which occurred during the legislative session relating to ethics in government.

To ensure broader awareness of FEI’s Florida Ethics Legislative Tracking Program we will extend communications regarding the program and legislative reports to journalists and community ethics advocates via FEI press releases. We will ensure that all FEI reports are also posted on our website and shared through social media.