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type: "Bill"
title: "Ethics"
description: "Ethics; Increasing the maximum fine for violations of specified lobbying provisions; authorizing attorneys who file full and public disclosures of their financial interests to indicate that a client meets disclosure criteria without providing further information relating to such client; prohibiting a member of the Commission on Ethics from serving more than two full terms, instead of two full terms in succession; providing that a complainant is liable for costs plus reasonable attorney fees for filing a complaint with malicious intent against a candidate for public office; requiring that allegations in written complaints submitted to the commission be based upon personal knowledge or information other than hearsay, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 7014"
citation: "Florida SB 7014 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-253"
primary_sponsors: ["Ethics and Elections", "Rules"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-04"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09acfded-0cb6-474f-8fec-46cf6877ad3e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/ByCategory"
source_hash: "7ac25d32d4246295379ee6a18477cf9279549a4f07c80a13d1401596d8be2a99"
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 7014 (2024) — Ethics
Ethics; Increasing the maximum fine for violations of specified lobbying provisions; authorizing attorneys who file full and public disclosures of their financial interests to indicate that a client meets disclosure criteria without providing further information relating to such client; prohibiting a member of the Commission on Ethics from serving more than two full terms, instead of two full terms in succession; providing that a complainant is liable for costs plus reasonable attorney fees for filing a complaint with malicious intent against a candidate for public office; requiring that allegations in written complaints submitted to the commission be based upon personal knowledge or information other than hearsay, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-253.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 7014 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 7014 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 7014 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/BillText/pb/HTML)
4. **S 7014 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 7014 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/BillText/e2/HTML)
6. **S 7014 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7014/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **71** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **180** (pass) · upper
- Returning Messages — **264** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **8133** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **7934** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ethics and Elections — primary (person)
- Rules — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-04** Submitted for consideration by Ethics and Elections
- **2023-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 12/13/23, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
- **2023-12-13** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
- **2023-12-13** Filed `filing`
- **2023-12-14** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-05** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/10/24, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** CS by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2024-01-12** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2024-01-12** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-01-17** CS by Rules read 1st time
- **2024-01-30** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/01/24
- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment(s) adopted (170806, 317468, 562898, 932020)
- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-01** In Messages
- **2024-03-04** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/5/2024)
- **2024-03-04** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Amendment 598259 Failed
- **2024-03-05** Amendment 071005 Failed
- **2024-03-05** Amendment 456135 Failed
- **2024-03-05** Amendment 126105 adopted
- **2024-03-05** Amendment 444599 Failed
- **2024-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 81, NAYS 33 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In returning messages
- **2024-03-06** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (844484)
- **2024-03-06** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (126105)
- **2024-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 26 NAYS 4 `passage`
- **2024-03-06** In Messages
- **2024-03-07** Added to Senate Message List
- **2024-03-07** Concurred in 844484 amendment(s)
- **2024-03-07** CS passed as amended; YEAS 79, NAYS 34 `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-06-17** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-253
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09acfded-0cb6-474f-8fec-46cf6877ad3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).