Florida House Bill 399 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Filed
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits candidates, elected public officers, appointed public officers, & public employees from knowingly misrepresenting their Armed Forces of United States service records, awards, or qualifications or wearing any uniform, medal, or insignia that they are not authorized to wear; provides applicability; provides civil penalties; provides construction; requires Attorney General to attempt to determine whether individual owing certain penalties is current public officer or public employee; requires Attorney General to notify CFO or governing body of county, municipality, school district, or special district of total amount of any such penalty owed by current public officer or public employee; requires CFO or governing body to begin withholding portions of any salary-related payment that would otherwise be paid to officer or employee; requires that withheld payments be remitted to commission until penalty is satisfied; authorizes CFO or governing body to retain portion of each retained payment for administrative costs; authorizes Attorney General to refer certain unpaid fines to collection agency; authorizes collection agency to use any lawful collection method; authorizes Attorney General to collect unpaid fine within specified period after issuance of civil penalty or restitution penalty.

Ethics

Rep. Patt Maney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-05	House	Filed

S348 (Same As) 2025-02-10 - On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/18/25, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	3131		Amended Code	See Bill Text
112	317		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/399
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/399/BillText/Filed/PDF