Florida

Florida Commission on Ethics finds probable cause that Randy Fine, as a state representative, accepted prohibited gifts when his political committee paid $20,000 in legal fees; no probable cause on a financial disclosure allegation, Sept. 2026

Rep. Byron Donalds wrote in 2026 that his 2020 to 2024 House financial disclosure reports did not include student loans, a mortgage and his spouse's 401(k) fund, and amended them

Leaked grand jury report found $10 million in Hope Florida settlement money misappropriated and recounts testimony that then-Attorney General Moody authorized the settlement's signing; it makes no finding against her and found insufficient evidence to charge anyone, 2026

Office of Congressional Ethics found substantial reason to believe Rep. John Rutherford filed stock transaction reports late (157 late-reported transactions, 2017-2021); House Ethics Committee dismissed the referral, 2022

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's stock transaction reports disclosed seven transactions from 2020 to 2024 more than 45 days after they occurred, five of them in a dependent child's account

Rep. Byron Donalds filed a House stock-trade report in Nov. 2024 for trades dated 2021 to May 2024, listing an April 2024 notification date 198 days earlier, and corrected eight trade dates in 2026

Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause in 2023 that then-state Rep. Randy Fine violated state ethics law in a West Melbourne funding dispute, over its Advocate's no-probable-cause recommendation; no hearing has been held

Florida illegally pushed medically fragile children into nursing homes by shorting the at-home nursing care they qualified for, a federal appeals court affirmed.