---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government Accountability"
description: "Government Accountability; Specifying conditions under which board members and public employees of special districts do not abuse their public positions; revising the list of items required to be included on the websites of special districts; specifying conditions under which board members and public employees of community development districts do not abuse their public positions, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1466"
citation: "Florida SB 1466 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["planning and development"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2020-77"
primary_sponsors: ["Baxley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3687ecd4-b221-4de4-bd7d-3e4ed4f60013"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1466/ByCategory"
source_hash: "93192f6840611cb6f7b7ee6cbb99cd5c8e33076299cb760f9ab2730aa575de30"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 1466 (2020) — Government Accountability

Government Accountability; Specifying conditions under which board members and public employees of special districts do not abuse their public positions; revising the list of items required to be included on the websites of special districts; specifying conditions under which board members and public employees of community development districts do not abuse their public positions, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-77.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 1466 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1466/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1466 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1466/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1466 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1466/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Baxley — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2020-01-27** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 4 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2020-02-05** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/10/20, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
- **2020-02-10** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0
- **2020-02-11** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2020-02-12** Now in Rules
- **2020-02-12** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2020-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/02/20, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2020-03-02** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20
- **2020-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-06** In Messages
- **2020-03-09** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Received
- **2020-03-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
- **2020-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2020-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Ordered enrolled
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2020-06-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-24** Chapter No. 2020-77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3687ecd4-b221-4de4-bd7d-3e4ed4f60013`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).