SB 700 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

States of Emergency

Summary
States of Emergency; Providing that a state of emergency renewed by the Governor expires within a specified timeframe; authorizing the Legislature to extend the state of emergency under specified circumstances; requiring the Governor to immediately issue a certain executive order or proclamation consistent with the Legislature’s concurrent resolution terminating a state of emergency; requiring the Auditor General to update quarterly a specified audit, rather than annually, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Carlos Smith
DDemocratic
FL
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