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Commission adopts advisory opinion suspending annual Form 1 obligations during qualifying active-duty military service

Florida Commission on Ethics · March 10, 2026
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Summary

The commission adopted a revised advisory opinion finding an activated state employee on multi-year military orders is not a 'specified state employee' for annual CE Form 1 requirements during active orders and set deadlines for filing prior-year disclosures within 90 days of return; staff will post final statewide guidance.

The Florida Commission on Ethics adopted a revised advisory opinion addressing whether a specified state employee who is activated for military service must continue filing annual CE Form 1 financial-disclosure reports during active orders.

Staff attorney Emilia Naomi presented the draft opinion, explaining that the requester (an assistant state attorney) will be on active-duty military leave for at least four years and that, under the particular facts provided, requiring annual Form 1 filings while mobilized would impose an unnecessary administrative burden.…

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