Florida · House Bill 495 · 2025 Regular Session

Adverse Personnel Actions Against Employees

HB 495 Sponsored by Yvette Benarroch Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 10, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 19, 2025
  3. Passed the House  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Adverse Personnel Actions Against Employees; Prohibits agencies & independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees for disclosing certain information to Commission on Ethics; requires that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; requires disclosure of specified information to commission; provides that specified provisions protect employees & persons who submit…

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Adverse Personnel Actions Against Employees; Prohibits agencies & independent contractors from taking specified actions against employees for disclosing certain information to Commission on Ethics; requires that information disclosed include specified violations or alleged violations; requires disclosure of specified information to commission; provides that specified provisions protect employees & persons who submit written complaints to commission or provide information to investigator during investigation of complaint; authorizes certain employees or applicants for employment to file complaints in accordance with specified provisions; authorizes such employees or applicants to pursue specified administrative remedy or civil action within specified timeframe; authorizes local public employees to file complaint with appropriate local governmental authority; provides requirements for administrative procedures created by local governmental authorities; authorizes such employee to bring civil actions in court of competent jurisdiction; requires specified relief; provides that it is affirmative defense to certain actions that adverse action was predicated on grounds other than exercising of certain protected rights.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  3. CommitteeReferred to Rules & Ethics Committee · House Rules & Ethics Committee
  4. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs Committee · House State Affairs Committee
  5. CommitteeNow in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee
  6. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Government Operations Subcommittee · House Government Operations Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.