---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fiscal Accountability"
description: "Fiscal Accountability; Requiring state entities to post any documents submitted on the contract tracking system which indicate the use of state funds as remuneration under certain contracts, beginning on a specified date; deleting a provision requiring state entities to publish payments on the contract tracking system; requiring that contracts for services executed, amended, or extended beginning on a specified date require contractors to provide specified documentation to be included in the contract tracking system and posted to the contractor’s website, if applicable, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "Florida SB 242 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-214"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia", "Governmental Oversight and Accountability"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08d31bbc-18e8-4f86-9998-6e6ba5589492"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/242/ByCategory"
source_hash: "6a257ba7ea00aac6f6410b8ab467eedabea0699089d3ee6cda75267a91b7f8ec"
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 242 (2023) — Fiscal Accountability

Fiscal Accountability; Requiring state entities to post any documents submitted on the contract tracking system which indicate the use of state funds as remuneration under certain contracts, beginning on a specified date; deleting a provision requiring state entities to publish payments on the contract tracking system; requiring that contracts for services executed, amended, or extended beginning on a specified date require contractors to provide specified documentation to be included in the contract tracking system and posted to the contractor’s website, if applicable, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-214.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 242 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/242/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 242 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/242/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 242 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/242/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **113–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/07/23, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- **2023-03-09** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2023-03-09** Now in Appropriations
- **2023-03-13** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/16/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-03-14** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2023-03-16** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-03-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/22/23
- **2023-03-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-24** In Messages
- **2023-05-01** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-05-01** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/2/2023)
- **2023-05-01** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-214

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08d31bbc-18e8-4f86-9998-6e6ba5589492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).