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FL H0965
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Holcomb
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AI Summary
- Extends eligibility for creditable military service in the Florida Retirement System by changing the initial date of employment cutoff from January 1, 1987, to March 1, 2024, allowing more members with wartime military service to receive up to 4 years of retirement credit
- Expands the statutory definition of "veteran" wartime service periods to include Operation New Dawn (Sept. 1, 2010–Dec. 15, 2011), Operation Inherent Resolve (Oct. 15, 2014–ongoing), Operation Freedom's Sentinel (Jan. 1, 2015–Oct. 1, 2021), and Operation Enduring Sentinel (Oct. 1, 2021–ongoing)
- Requires vested members claiming wartime military service credit to pay 4% of their first year of gross salary into the retirement trust fund, plus compounded interest, and to certify the service is not being claimed under any other retirement or pension system
- Directs the Department of Management Services to adopt implementing rules by December 31, 2025
- Takes effect July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Retirement Credit for Military Service
Last Action
Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Government Operations Subcommittee3/2/2025
Full Bill Text
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