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FL H0865

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bruce Antone

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • OPPAGA must research and submit a report by December 1, 2025, to the Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker with findings and recommendations on whether the Florida Legislature should be full-time, part-time, or hybrid, and whether legislator salary increases are appropriate.
  • The report must include comparative analyses of Florida legislator salaries against all other state legislatures, organized by salary ranking, state population size, and legislature type (full-time, part-time, hybrid), including data on session days and outside income caps.
  • Florida legislator salaries, budgets, and session days must be compared to those of Florida county commissioners, city commissioners in the state's 25 largest cities, and district school board members.
  • The report must examine why Alabama, California, Maine, New York, and other relevant states adopted full-time legislatures with outside income caps and increased legislator salaries.
  • OPPAGA must also prepare a separate report by December 1, 2025, on whether salary increases for Florida Cabinet members are appropriate, based on comparisons with Cabinet salaries in states of similar population size; the act takes effect July 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Review of Compensation for Legislators and Cabinet Members

Last Action

Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

6/16/2025

Committee Referrals

Government Operations Subcommittee3/2/2025

Full Bill Text

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