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FL S1486

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ileana Garcia

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all divisions, offices, bureaus, sections, and subsections within executive departments to be established only by specific statutory enactment, removing the ability of departments to create these units through administrative approval alone

  • Mandates that appointments of deputy secretaries, assistant secretaries, and directors by department heads at Business and Professional Regulation, Transportation, Corrections, Juvenile Justice, Elderly Affairs, and Commerce be subject to legislative review and approval

  • Abolishes the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity within the Department of Health and repeals section 381.735, transferring its functions (including the Sickle Cell Disease Research and Treatment Grant Program) directly to the Department of Health

  • Grants the state chief information officer full decisionmaking authority over information technology for all departments and their subdivisions

  • Directs the Legislature to review all department divisions, offices, bureaus, sections, and subsections by the end of the 2027 Regular Session and dissolve any it deems unnecessary

Legislative Description

Structure and Legislative Oversight of Executive Agencies

Last Action

Introduced

1/22/2026

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