Joint Administrative Procedures Committee #
Website #
Membership, meeting packets and records, and videos available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Administrative Procedures Committee shall:
- “Maintain a continuous review of the statutory authority on which each administrative rule is based and, whenever such authority is eliminated or significantly changed by repeal, amendment, holding by a court of last resort, or other factor, advise the agency concerned of the fact.
- “Maintain a continuous review of administrative rules and identify and request an agency to repeal any rule or any provision of any rule that reiterates or paraphrases any statute or for which the statutory authority has been repealed.
- “Review administrative rules and advise the agencies concerned of its findings.
- “Exercise the duties prescribed by chapter 120, Florida Statutes, concerning the adoption and promulgation of rules.
- “Generally review agency action pursuant to the operation of chapter 120, Florida Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act.
- “Report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives at least annually, no later than the first week of the regular session, and recommend needed legislation or other appropriate action. Such report shall include the number of objections voted by the committee, the number of suspensions recommended by the committee, the number of administrative determinations filed on the invalidity of a proposed or existing rule, the number of petitions for judicial review filed on the invalidity of a proposed or existing rule, and the outcomes of such actions. Such report shall also include any recommendations provided to the standing committees during the preceding year under subsection (11).
- “Consult regularly with legislative standing committees that have jurisdiction over the subject areas addressed in agency proposed rules regarding legislative authority for the proposed rules and other matters relating to legislative authority for agency action.
- “Subject to the approval of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, have standing to seek judicial review, on behalf of the Legislature or the citizens of this state, of the validity or invalidity of any administrative rule to which the committee has voted an objection and that has not been withdrawn, modified, repealed, or amended to meet the objection. Judicial review under this subsection may not be initiated until the Governor and the head of the agency making the rule to which the committee has objected have been notified of the committee’s proposed action and have been given a reasonable opportunity, not to exceed 60 days, for consultation with the committee. The committee may expend public funds from its appropriation for the purpose of seeking judicial review.
- “Maintain a continuous review of the administrative rulemaking process, including a review of agency procedure and of complaints based on such agency procedure.
- “Establish measurement criteria to evaluate whether agencies are complying with the delegation of legislative authority in adopting and implementing rules.
- “Maintain a continuous review of statutes that authorize agencies to adopt rules and shall make recommendations to the appropriate standing committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives as to the advisability of considering changes to the delegated legislative authority to adopt rules in specific circumstances” (Joint Rules, 2024 – 2026, pp. 108 – 109).
Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight #
Website #
Membership; audits; and reports; and meeting summaries and video available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“(1) The Committee on Public Counsel Oversight shall appoint a Public Counsel.
(2) The Committee on Public Counsel Oversight may file a complaint with the Commission on Ethics alleging a violation of chapter 350, Florida Statutes, by a current or former public service commissioner, an employee of the Public Service Commission, or a member of the Public Service Commission Nominating Council.
(3) Notwithstanding Joint Rule 4.4(2), the Committee on Public Counsel Oversight shall not have any permanent staff but shall be served as needed by other legislative staff selected by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives” (Joint Rules, 2024 – 2026, p. 109).
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee #
Website #
Membership; meeting summaries and video; and information related to committee responsibilities available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“(1) The Legislative Auditing Committee may direct the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct an audit, review, or examination of any entity or record described in s. 11.45(2) or (3), Florida Statutes.
(2) The Legislative Auditing Committee may receive requests for audits and reviews from legislators and any audit request, petition for audit, or other matter for investigation directed or referred to it pursuant to general law. The committee may make any appropriate disposition of such requests or referrals and shall, within a reasonable time, report to the requesting party the disposition of any audit request.
(3) The Legislative Auditing Committee may review the performance of the Auditor General and report thereon to the Senate and the House of Representatives” (Joint Rules, 2024 – 2026, pp. 107 – 108).
Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee #
Website #
Membership, bills, and meeting schedule available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
Subject areas in jurisdiction:
- “Administrative procedures
- “Collective bargaining
- “Direct support and citizen support organizations
- “General open government (including specific public records and open meetings bills and Open Government Sunset Reviews)
- “Historical and cultural programs
- “Inspectors general
- “Interstate compacts
- “Libraries
- “Naming public buildings
- “Privatization and outsourcing
- “Procurement and contracting
- “Public employee benefits (including public sector retirement plans, deferred compensation, and state health insurance)
- “Sovereign immunity
- “State facilities and real estate
- “State human resource management
- “State information technology
- “State investments
- “State organization and structure (including councils, boards, and commissions)
- “State Risk Management Program” (Subject Area Trends for Senate Committees).
