HJR 1325 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Succession to Office of Governor, Auditing, and Government Efficiency

Summary

Succession to Office of Governor, Auditing, and Government Efficiency; Proposes repeal of provisions in State Constitution relating to creation of office of Lieutenant Governor & Government Efficiency Task Force & amendments to State Constitution to revise provisions relating to auditing & government efficiency, create Office of Commissioner of Government Efficiency as Cabinet officer, revise provisions relating to succession to office of Governor if there is vacancy or in case of impeachment or incapacity, & submit to electorate, during specified election year, ballot question regarding whether to repeal office of Commissioner of Government Efficiency.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 1325 c1 → H 1325 e1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from the original committee version to the engrossed version and had its page count reduced from 21 to 19 pages. The most significant substantive change is the reorganization of Article III, where the original Section 2 regarding legislative officers was removed and replaced with a new Section 17 focused on impeachment procedures. This restructuring consolidates impeachment rules while removing provisions about selecting legislative officers.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from including provisions about legislative officer selection to focusing primarily on impeachment procedures and related constitutional amendments.

REQUIREMENT

Removed provisions requiring the legislature to appoint an auditor and select permanent presiding officers from membership.

ENFORCEMENT

Added detailed impeachment procedures including a six-month trial timeline, authority for the Senate to sit during trials, and specific rules about who presides over trials.

STRUCTURE

Reorganized Article III by removing the original Section 2 and creating a new Section 17 dedicated to impeachment procedures.

TECHNICAL

Changed document version from committee version (c1) to engrossed version (e1) and reduced page count from 21 to 19 pages.

Floor votes · House Apr 16, 2025

How they voted

81–32

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 118

Apr 16, 2025

D Democratic34

2 Yea 30 Nay 2

88% Nay

R Republican84

79 Yea 2 Nay 3

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

CS passed as amended; YEAS 82, NAYS 32

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amendment 027901 adopted

lower

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to State Affairs Committee agenda

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors