HB 1063 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Gubernatorial Transition

Summary
Gubernatorial Transition; Requires Governor to designate transition liaison within EOG within specified timeframe; provides duties of transition liaison; requires head of each state agency to designate agency transition liaison within specified timeframe; provides duties of agency transition liaisons; requires DMS & each state agency to provide certain temporary office facilities to certain persons during transition period; requires DMS, upon request, to provide Governor-elect & his or her staff with information technology & related services for such transition period; requires Governor-elect to designate in writing staff to be provided with such services; requires specified persons to sign certain memorandum of understanding; requires each state agency, upon request, to provide Governor-elect & his or her staff with access to agency leadership personnel during transition period; authorizes state agencies to assign limited personnel to assist Governor-elect & his or her staff; requires that Governor-elect & his or her staff be granted access to all state agency records upon request; requires that Governor-elect & persons designated by Governor-elect be granted access to confidential & exempt records under certain conditions; provides criminal penalties.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

H 1063 Filed H 1063 c1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was updated from a filed draft to a committee version, expanding the transition requirements to include specific deadlines for appointing liaisons and new obligations for the Department of Management Services to provide IT services. The scope of the bill was broadened to cover confidential records and agency leadership access, while the text was reorganized to add new subsections detailing these expanded duties.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include the Department of Management Services and to grant access to confidential records, whereas the original version only covered general office space and leadership access.
TIMELINE

The requirement for the Governor to designate a transition liaison was modified to include a specific deadline of the 10th day after the primary election.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added for the Department of Management Services to provide IT services and for the Governor-elect to designate specific personnel to receive them.

The bill was expanded to require state agencies to provide access to confidential and exempt records under certain conditions, which was not in the original version.

The provision for temporary office space was modified to require the Department of Management Services to provide 'certain temporary office facilities' rather than unspecified space.

Floor votes · House Feb 25, 2026

How they voted

1160
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 117
Feb 25, 2026
D Democratic34
33 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican83
83 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
12
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Budget Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Budget Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Budget Committee agenda
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Budget Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Budget Committee
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in State Affairs Committee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Budget Committee
lower
Jan 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to State Affairs Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Toby Overdorf
Toby Overdorf
RRepublican
FL
85