FL H1183

OPPAGA must submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by December 1, 2023, analyzing whether Florida's Legislature should be full-time, part-time, or hybrid, and whether salary increases for legislators are appropriate.

Report must include comparative salary analyses of Florida legislators against other state legislatures organized six different ways (by salary rank, state population, legislature type, and separately for full-time, part-time, and hybrid bodies).

Report must analyze per diem, travel expenses, and other allowances for Florida legislators compared to other states, and compare legislator salaries to county commissioners, city commissioners in the 25 largest cities, and school board members.

Report must research why Alabama, California, Maine, New York, and other relevant states instituted full-time legislatures with outside income caps while increasing salaries, and provide recommendations on timing and implementation of any changes.

OPPAGA must also submit a separate report by December 1, 2023, with findings on whether Cabinet member salary increases are appropriate based on comparisons to Cabinet members in states with similarly-sized populations.