CS/CS/CS/SB 1566: Local Government Finances

GENERAL BILL by Rules, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Community Affairs, DiCeglie

Local Government Finances; Citing this act as the “Local Government Financial Transparency and Accountability Act”; revising the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requiring counties to prepare certain quarterly compensation summaries; revising the length of time for which a public hearing for an amendment to a county budget must be advertised; specifying requirements applicable to local governments and special districts for impact fees adopted or increased after a specified date, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 3/4/2026 06:45 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1329 (er) by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Local Government Finances Last Action: 3/12/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Identical
  H 1139 (c2) by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Impact Fees Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Rules	Compare
  S 548 (c1) by McClain Growth Management Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Finance and Tax	Compare

• Citations - Statute (7)

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  129.03	Preparation and adoption of budget.	Page 4 (pdf)
  129.06	Execution and amendment of budget.	Page 8 (pdf)
  163.3164	Community Planning Act; definitions.	Page 9 (pdf)
  163.3180	Concurrency.	Page 10 (pdf)
  163.31801	Impact fees; short title; intent; minimum requirements; audits; challenges.	Page 12 (pdf)
  166.241	Fiscal years, budgets, appeal of municipal law enforcement agency budget, and budget amendments.	Page 17 (pdf)
  212.055	Discretionary sales surtaxes; legislative intent; authorization and use of proceeds.	Page 22 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/9/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Community Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  2/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/10/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/10/2026	S	• CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
  2/12/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  2/13/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
  2/18/2026	S	• CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
  2/20/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/25/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 6 NAYS 2
  2/26/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time
  3/3/2026	S	• CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
  3/4/2026	S	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26 • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time
  3/6/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 646 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1329 -SJ 646 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1329 -SJ 646