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FL H1325
Joint Resolution
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
- Repeals the office of Lieutenant Governor from the Florida Constitution and creates a new elected Cabinet position, the Commissioner of Government Efficiency, with the power to audit, investigate, and report on fraud, waste, and abuse within the executive branch and within counties, municipalities, and special districts
- Transitions the person elected as Lieutenant Governor in the 2026 general election to serve as the first Commissioner of Government Efficiency for a four-year term, with the office filled by regular statewide election beginning in 2030
- Repeals the constitutional provision establishing the Government Efficiency Task Force (previously appointed every four years by legislative leaders and the governor) since those duties would transfer to the new commissioner
- Revises gubernatorial succession provisions so that general law, rather than the lieutenant governor, prescribes who acts as governor upon vacancy, impeachment, or incapacity
- Adds the Commissioner of Government Efficiency to the State Board of Administration, the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, and the agency head of the Department of Law Enforcement, and requires a ballot question at the 2044 general election on whether to repeal the office, with repeal effective December 31, 2046, if approved by voters
Legislative Description
Succession to Office of Governor, Auditing, and Government Efficiency
Last Action
Died in Rules
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
State Affairs3/11/2025
Government Operations Subcommittee3/5/2025
Full Bill Text
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