HB 1009 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Agency Publication of Advertisements and Public Notices

Summary

Governmental Agency Publication of Advertisements and Public Notices; Expands definition of term "governmental agency"; revises definition of term "publicly accessible website"; requires that certain legal notices be continuously published for specified timeframe when notices are for specified purpose & provided under certain circumstance; authorizes certain counties or specified municipalities, school boards, clerks of circuit court, & tax collectors to use publicly accessible website to publish certain advertisements & legal notices under specified conditions; revises definition of term "special district"; requires that certain public bid advertisements on publicly accessible website be provided & accessible to general public without charge.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 5, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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What changed between versions

H 1009 c1 → H 1009 c2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill title was updated to reflect a second committee version, and the summary of provisions was rewritten to clarify that certain public bid advertisements must be posted on a publicly accessible website free of charge. The detailed list of affected statutes was reorganized to better align with the new requirement for free public access to bid information.

Scope change

The bill's scope now explicitly includes a mandate for free public access to bid advertisements, whereas the previous version focused broadly on publishing legal notices and advertisements.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific requirement that public bid advertisements on a publicly accessible website must be provided to the general public without charge.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill title from 'CS/HB 1009' to 'CS/CS/HB 1009' to indicate a second committee revision.

Reorganized the list of affected statutes in the summary to better match the new focus on free access to bid advertisements.

Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2026

How they voted

83–26

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 118

Mar 3, 2026

D Democratic34

7 Yea 24 Nay 3

70% Nay

R Republican84

76 Yea 2 Nay 6

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 82, NAYS 26

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Judiciary Committee agenda

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to Judiciary Committee

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee

lower

Jan 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors