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FL S1762

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joe Gruters

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires county commissions, municipal governing bodies, and special district governing bodies to obtain majority approval from voters in a referendum held during a presidential-year general election before increasing salaries, retirement benefits, or other compensation for their members
  • Freezes noncharter county commissioner salary adjustments under the existing annual state career service factor as of September 30, 2025, with any future increases permitted only through the new referendum process
  • Sets the county population as of April 1, 2025, as the fixed benchmark for calculating the group rate element of the salary formula for noncharter county commissioners, effective October 1, 2025
  • Requires chartered or consolidated county governing body salaries to be set by the county charter or by ordinance adopted on or before April 1, 2025, rather than being linked to the noncharter county commissioner salary formula
  • Exempts increases in retirement benefits received through participation in the Florida Retirement System from the referendum requirement, and prohibits using the referendum process to authorize compensation in special districts whose charters bar member compensation; takes effect October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Local Government Salaries and Benefits

Last Action

Died in Community Affairs

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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