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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 838
BRIBERY; MISUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE
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838.22 Bid tampering.—
(1) It is unlawful for a public servant or a public contractor who has contracted with a governmental entity to assist in a competitive procurement to knowingly and intentionally influence or attempt to influence the competitive solicitation undertaken by any governmental entity for the procurement of commodities or services, by:
(a) Disclosing, except as authorized by law, material information concerning a vendor’s response, any evaluation results, or other aspects of the competitive solicitation when such information is not publicly disclosed.
(b) Altering or amending a submitted response, documents or other materials supporting a submitted response, or any evaluation results relating to the competitive solicitation for the purpose of intentionally providing a competitive advantage to any person who submits a response.
(2) It is unlawful for a public servant or a public contractor who has contracted with a governmental entity to assist in a competitive procurement to knowingly and intentionally obtain a benefit for any person or to cause unlawful harm to another by circumventing a competitive solicitation process required by law or rule through the use of a sole-source contract for commodities or services.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly agree, conspire, combine, or confederate, directly or indirectly, with a public servant or a public contractor who has contracted with a governmental entity to assist in a competitive procurement to violate subsection (1) or subsection (2).
(4) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly enter into a contract for commodities or services which was secured by a public servant or a public contractor who has contracted with a governmental entity to assist in a competitive procurement acting in violation of subsection (1) or subsection (2).
(5) Any person who violates this section commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
History.—s. 5, ch. 2003-158; s. 5, ch. 2016-151.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 838.22
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S838.22 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9920 - F: S
S838.22 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7924 - F: S
S838.22 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7925 - F: S
S838.22 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - PUB SER CONTR USE SOLE SRCE CIRCUMVENT SOLIT - F: S
S838.22 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7926 - F: S
S838.22 3 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - CONSPIRE W PUB SERV CONTR VIOL COMPET PROCUREM - F: S
S838.22 4 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - ENTER CONTRACT SECURED BY VIOL COMPETIT PROCUR - F: S
S838.22 4 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 7927 - F: S
S838.22 5 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8960 - F: S
S838.22 5 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8959 - F: S
S838.22 5 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8962 - F: S
S838.22 5 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8961 - F: S
S838.22 1a - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - DISCLOSING BID INFORMATION W/O AUTHORIZATION - F: S
S838.22 1b - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - ALTER/AMEND BID MATERIALS TO PROVIDE ADVANTAGE - F: S

Cases Citing Statute 838.22

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Omar Paez v. Claudia Mulvey, 915 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2019).

Cited 187 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Official Misconduct in violation of Florida Statute § 838.022, one count of Grand Theft in violation of Florida
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Hames v. City of Miami Firefighters', 980 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).

Cited 9 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2008 WL 583672

pled guilty were punishable in Florida under section 838.022, Florida Statutes (2003), which describes the
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Simcox v. City of Hollywood Police Officers'ret. Sys., 988 So. 2d 731 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).

Cited 5 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 12687, 2008 WL 3914892

unlawful compensation for official behavior, and section 838.022, official misconduct. Alternatively, the Board
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State v. Dominguez, 27 So. 3d 782 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 1636, 2010 WL 532870

charged one count of official misconduct under section 838.022, and eight counts of grand theft under section
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Sharp v. City of Palatka, 529 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (M.D. Fla. 2007).

Cited 2 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93624, 2007 WL 4557225

official misconduct in violation of Florida Statutes § 838.022(1)(a).[6] The charging *1349 affidavit and the
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In re Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases, 123 So. 3d 54 (Fla. 2013).

Cited 1 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 38 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 680, 2013 WL 5381712, 2013 Fla. LEXIS 2067

instruction, to in-*55elude a citation to section 838.022(2)(a), Florida Statutes, for the proposition
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Wasserstrom v. State, 21 So. 3d 55 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14517, 2009 WL 3103855

convicted of official misconduct in violation of section 838.022(1)(a), Florida Statutes (2004), which makes
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Gonot v. State, 112 So. 3d 679 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 1810623, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 6926

acquittal on the count of official misconduct. Section 838.022(l)(a), Florida Statutes (2007), makes it “unlawful
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State v. Flansbaum-Talabisco, 121 So. 3d 568 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 11602, 2013 WL 3811759

or public entity served by the public servant. § 838.022, Fla. Stat. (2010). The state’s information accused
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Omar Paez v. Claudia Mulvey (11th Cir. 2019).

Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Official Misconduct in violation of Florida Statute § 838.022, one count of Grand Theft in violation of Florida
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Clement v. State, 895 So. 2d 446 (Fla. 2d DCA 2005).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 860, 2005 WL 231207

2d 1112, 1116-17 (Fla.1998)). Renumbered as section 838.022, the new statute expressly excludes a candidate
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Garcia v. State, 939 So. 2d 1082 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal | 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 13260, 2006 WL 2270347

October 1, 2003, the statute was rewritten as section 838.022, Florida Statutes, and section 839.25, Florida
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McCray v. State, 121 So. 3d 603 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 4007202, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12335

counts of official misconduct in violation of section 838.022, Florida Statutes (2006). These convictions
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Manny Lazaro Melendez v. The State of Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2023).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

“benefit” element in the current version of section 838.022, Florida Statutes, though we have previously
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In Re: Stand. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—report 2016-10, 214 So. 3d 1290 (Fla. 2017).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida

and 2017. 19.7 OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT § 838.022, Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Official