---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts"
description: "Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts; Specifies that conduct by certain public officers & employees is deemed conflict of interest; requires ethics training for elected local officers of independent special districts; specifies requirements for such training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "Florida HB 199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-121"
primary_sponsors: ["Daley", "Hunschofsky"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/784de2ab-c410-498b-9868-7f6e4a1e7c1b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/199/ByCategory"
source_hash: "9e1c4c13ec98bdb4670b7691011d827c26687aefa24568232adbdb0f316803ff"
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 HB 199 (2023) — Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts

Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts; Specifies that conduct by certain public officers & employees is deemed conflict of interest; requires ethics training for elected local officers of independent special districts; specifies requirements for such training.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-121.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 199 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/199/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 199 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/199/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 199 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/199/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daley — primary (person)
- Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Hunschofsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Filed `filing`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Now in Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** PCS added to Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-14** Favorable with CS by Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Reported out of Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee
- **2023-03-14** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-14** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Now in Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-15** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Added to Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-29** Favorable by Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Local Administration, Federal Affairs & Special Districts Subcommittee
- **2023-03-29** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-07** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-04-11** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-11** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2023-04-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-26** In Messages
- **2023-04-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-05-02** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 620
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-02** In Messages
- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-23** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-25** Chapter No. 2023-121

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/784de2ab-c410-498b-9868-7f6e4a1e7c1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).