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Bills Listed by Subject Area
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FRS Membership Classes:
Regular Class - SB 568, HB 657, HB 927, SB 1674, SB 2210
Senior Management Service Class - HB 1011, SB 2332
Special Risk Administrative Support Class - SB 2010
Special Risk Class - HB 69, HB 81, SB 130, HB 205, HB 225, SB 296, SB 480, HB 505, HB 563, SB 622, SB 626, SB 646, HB 655, SB 674, HB 821, HB 1187, SB 1304, SB 1484, SB 1684, SB 2072, SB 2174, SB 2542
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FRS Pension Plan Benefits, Rights, and Features:
Compensation/Bonuses - HB 521, SB 838
Contributions and Funding - SB 1490, HB 7085
Military Service Credit - HB 37, SB 156, HB 1195, SB 1614
Miscellaneous - SB 1270, HB 7149
Participation/Transfer - HB 985, SB 1454, SB 1928, HB 7091
Service Credit Upgrades - HB 91, SB 398, HB 635
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FRS Programs:
Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) - SB 414, HB 689, HB 1569, SB 2744, SB 2878
State University System Optional Retirement Program (SUSORP) - SB 420, HB 685
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Local Governments (see below for Police/Fire plans):
Local Bills - HB 1233, HB 1393, HB 1409, HB 1413, SB 2922, SB 2938, SB 2940
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Police/Fire Plans (chs. 175/185, F.S.):
Administration - HB 3, HB 241, SB 198, HB 769, SB 2684
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Retirees and Retiree Benefits:
Health Insurance Subsidy (HIS) - SB 8, HB 87
Reemployment after Retirement - HB 861, SB 1948
Special Risk Disability Retirees - HB 45, HB 133, HB 257, HB 301, SB 488, SB 746, SB 1440, SB 2910
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State-Administered Retirement Systems (other than FRS):
IFAS Supplemental Retirement Act - SB 1488, HB 7105
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State Board of Administration:
Investment - HB 703, HB 1431, SB 2142, SB 2250
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Summary of Proposed House Bills
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CS/HB 3 - [died in S Messages]
This substitute bill by Representative Davis would have authorized terms of office for board of trustees of firefighters' pension trust fund to be revised under certain circumstances; required said board to perform its powers subject to certain fiduciary standards & ethics provisions; increased percentage of assets of firefighters' pension trust fund & of municipal police officers' retirement trust fund that board of trustees may invest in foreign securities. Back to top
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CS/HB 37 - [laid on table; see SB 156]
This substitute bill by Representative Meadows would have redefined term "veteran" for purposes of construction of Florida Statutes to include person who served in active military, naval, or air service in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. Back to top
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CS/HB 45 - [laid on table; see SB 746]
This substitute bill by Representative Adams would have provided standard of proof for first responders with injury or disease caused by exposure to toxic substance; provided that any adverse result or complication re smallpox vaccinations is an injury by accident arising out of employment; provided standard of proof in cases involving occupational disease; provided for continuation of permanent total supplemental benefits after age of 62 for first responders not covered by Social Security. Back to top
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HB 69 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Davis would have expanded the FRS Special Risk Class to include certain members employed as pilots or aerial applicators who are authorized to provide mosquito control services. Affected employees would qualify prospectively for the normal retirement date and retirement credit afforded members of this class. To fund this plan change, affected employers would have had to pay higher contribution rates for affected employees. Back to top
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HB 81- [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Davis would have allowed Special Risk Class members to purchase past service credit for certain approved training in a training academy or facility for certification as a law enforcement or correctional officer. To buy the credit, the member would have been required to pay the difference between contributions paid and contributions owed for the Special Risk Class at the time of the service. Back to top
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HB 87 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Allen, over a two-year period, would increase the monthly Health Insurance Subsidy (HIS) benefit paid to eligible retirees and beneficiaries. Effective January 1, 2008, the HIS benefit would rise from $5 to $6 per month for each year of creditable service (minimum $36/month, maximum $180/month) and on January 1, 2009, it would rise to $7 per month (minimum $42/month, maximum $210/month). To fund the HIS improvements, on January 1, 2008, the employer HIS contribution rate would be raised from 1.11 percent to 1.75 percent of gross compensation. Back to top
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HB 91 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Hooper would have allowed a special risk member to buy retirement credit in the Special Risk Class based upon his/her past service, and to upgrade the credit to three percent of the member’s average monthly compensation. Because the amount the member would have been charged for the credit would not have covered the full cost, the contribution rate paid by special risk employers for all members of the Special Risk Class would have been increased by 0.07 percent to subsidize the costs for the benefit improvement. Back to top
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CS/HB 133 - [died in H Council]
This substitute bill by Representative Nelson (known as the Officer Malcolm Thompson Act) would have revised provisions regarding benefits payable for total & permanent disability for certain Special Risk Class members of FRS who are injured in line of duty; authorized reemployment of person who retired with in-line-of-duty disability benefits by employers not participating in state-administered retirement system & employer participating in said retirement system after 1 calendar month. Back to top
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HB 205 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Jenne would have provided membership in Special Risk Class of system for persons employed as ocean water rescue lifeguards who met other specified qualifications. Back to top
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HB 225 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Domino would have provided membership in Special Risk Class for public safety dispatchers & 911 operators & their supervisors. Back to top
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CS/HB 241 - [died in H Council]
This substitute bill by Representative Gibson would have revised the definition of term "special fire control district" to include certain community development districts performing fire suppression & related services. Back to top
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HB 257 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Attkisson would have revised provisions re benefits payable for total & permanent disability for certain Special Risk Class members of FRS who are injured in line of duty; deleted provision authorizing employing agency to reemploy retired member as firefighter or paramedic after specified period; provided minimum retirement benefits payable to certain said members who are injured in line of duty & who are totally & permanently disabled due to such injury, etc. Back to top
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HB 301 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Harrell would have provided that death or disability due to cancer suffered by firefighter or paramedic employed by state or its political subdivisions is presumed accidental & suffered in line of duty under certain conditions; authorized purchase of insurance by local governments; required employing agency to keep records & notify firefighters & paramedics of their reported exposure to known carcinogens, etc. Back to top
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HB 505 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Proctor would have redefined the term "average final compensation" re members of Special Risk Class; adjusted contribution rates to fund modification in average final compensation. Back to top
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HB 521 - [died on H Calendar]
This bill by Representative Weatherford would have redefined term "compensation" to include certain supplementary payments made to firefighters, paramedics, & Emergency Medical Technicians. Back to top
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HB 563 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Brise would have provided membership in Special Risk Class for persons employed by certain public acute care hospitals. Back to top
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HB 635 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Gelber would have authorized certain members to purchase additional retirement credit to upgrade prior service to Special Risk Class service; provided for calculation of contributions for such service upgrade; authorized employer to purchase such additional credit for member. Back to top
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HB 655 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Coley would have provided membership in the Special Risk Class for specified positions in correctional and forensic facilities with the Department of Corrections, Department of Children & Families, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Back to top
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HB 657 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Gelber would have increased accrual value for Regular Class service to three percent per year. Back to top
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CS/HB 685 - [laid on table; see SB 420]
This substitute bill by Representative Simmons would have allowed for renewed membership in CCORP and SUSORP, allowed SUSORP members to transfer the present value of Pension Plan service during their election period to the SUSORP; authorized transfer of membership between State University System Optional Retirement Program & FRS. Back to top
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HB 689 - [died in S Messages]
This bill by Representative Culp would have allowed school boards to extend DROP participation for up to 36 months beyond the initial 60-month period for all school-based administrative personnel or district-based administrative personnel areas of critical shortage. Back to top
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CS/HB 703 - [laid on table; see SB 2142]
This substitute bill by Representative Porth would have required the State Board of Administration to review public employee retirement funds to determine the funds invested in any company with a direct investment or equity tie to countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism as identified by the US Department of State and divest these funds within one year. These countries currently identified as Cuba, Iran , North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. Back to top
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HB 769 - [died in H Council]
This bill by Representative Brandenburg would have allowed premium tax assessment by interlocal agreement for police protection services provied by another municipality. Back to top
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CS/HB 821 - [died in H Council]
This substitute bill by Representative Precourt would have created a new FRS membership class for Qualifying Injured Special Risk Class. Back to top
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HB 861 - [died in S Messages]
This bill by Representative Patterson would have redefined termination to be 12-calendar months if being reemployed by the same agency member retired from; excluded current exceptions to reemployment restrictions. Back to top
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HB 927 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Pickens would have increased the Regular Class service accrual value to 1.80 percent per year and provide for funding benefit increase. Back to top
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CS/CS/HB 985, 3rd Eng. - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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HB 1011 - [withdrawn]
This bill by Representative Planas would have increased SMSC accrual value to 2.50 percent for all service earned on or after July 1, 2007. Back to top
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HB 1187 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Aubuchon would have prescribed conditions under which certain former FRS law enforcement officer members of Special Risk Class who were retired under disability retirement may receive credit for time spent on retirement for disability after recovered and returned to work; provided retroactive applicability. Back to top
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HB 1195 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Kriseman would have removed the membership requirement before 1-1-87 for FRS members to purchase active duty wartime service. Back to top
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HB 1233 - [withdrawn]
This bill by Representative McKeel would have revised civil service structure and pension board trustess for the City of Lakeland. Back to top
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HB 1393 - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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HB 1409 - [died in H Committee]
This bill by Representative Ambler would have amended the benefits of the City of Tampa Division B Employees retirement plan. Back to top
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CS/HB 1413 - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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HB 1431 - [laid on table; see SB 2142]
This bill by Representative Schwartz would have limited investments by prohibiting investments in companies doing business in or with Iran, require identification within 90 days of passage of affected investments, notification to the companies of pending divestiture, and divestiture if the companies' business practices do not change in response the the notice by the SBA. Back to top
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CS/HB 1569 - [died in S Messages]
This substitute bill by Representative McKeel would have allowed charter school Pre-K to 12 instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), F.S., to have their DROP extended for up to an additional 36 months and other administrative issues for charter schools and sponsors if funded through FEFP formula. Back to top
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HB 7085 - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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HB 7091 - [died on H Calendar]
This bill by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council would have placed the executive director of the Transportation Commission in the SMS and therefor the SMSC. Back to top
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HB 7105 - [laid on table; see SB 1488]
This bill by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council would have consolidated operation of Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences Supplemental Retirement Program under FRS as a closed retirement plan; abolished Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences Supplemental Retirement TF; barred program participants from membership in FRS; amended provision re establishment & administration of said program; redefined term "trust fund" for purposes of administering program. Back to top
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CS/HB 7149 - [laid on table; see SB 1270]
This substitute bill by Representative Pickens would have amended various sections to update references to Board of Governors and to clarify structure of duties and responsibilities. Back to top
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Summary of Proposed Senate Bills
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SB 8 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Lawson, over a two-year period, would have increased the monthly Health Insurance Subsidy (HIS) benefit paid to eligible retirees and beneficiaries. Effective January 1, 2008, the HIS benefit would have risen from $5 to $6 per month for each year of creditable service (minimum $36/month, maximum $180/month) and on January 1, 2009, it would have risen to $7 per month (minimum $42/month, maximum $210/month). To fund the HIS improvements, on January 1, 2008, the employer HIS contribution rate would have been raised from 1.11 percent to 1.75 percent of gross compensation. Back to top
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CS/SB 130 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Fasano would have allowed Special Risk Class members to purchase past service credit for certain approved training in a training academy or facility for certification as a law enforcement or correctional officer. To buy the credit, the member would have been required to pay the difference between contributions paid and contributions owed for the Special Risk Class at the time of the service. Back to top
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CS/CS/SB 156 - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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CS/SB 198 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Wise would have authorized terms of office for board of trustees of firefighters' pension trust fund to be revised under certain circumstances; required said board to perform its powers subject to certain fiduciary standards & ethics provisions; increased percentage of assets of firefighters' pension trust fund & of municipal police officers' retirement trust fund that board of trustees may invest in foreign securities. Back to top
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SB 296 - [withdrawn]
This bill by Senator Fasano would have provided membership in Special Risk Class for persons employed as nurses in county correctional facilities. Back to top
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SB 398 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Margolis would have authorized certain members to purchase additional retirement credit to upgrade prior service to Special Risk Class service; provided for calculation of contributions for such service upgrade; authorized employer to purchase such additional credit for member. Back to top
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SB 414 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Wise would have increased the period of time in which members of the Florida Retirement System who are employed as certain administrative personnel in grades K-12 may participate in DROP. Back to top
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CS/SB 420 - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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SB 480 - [withdrawn]
This bill by Senator Hill would have created a commission to study costs & benefits of transferring system members who are employed in mental health facilities into Special Risk Class; provided for commission membership; provided for travel & per diem; provided for staff; required report & recommendations. Back to top
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SB 488 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Fasano (known as the Officer Malcolm Thompson Act) would have revised provisions regarding benefits payable for total & permanent disability for certain Special Risk Class members of FRS who are injured in line of duty; authorized reemployment of person who retired with in-line-of-duty disability benefits by employers not participating in state-administered retirement system & employer participating in said retirement system after one calendar month. Back to top
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SB 568 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Jones would have provided for calculation of retirement benefits payable to Regular Class members; provided for funding benefit increases for Regular Class members. Back to top
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CS/SB 622 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Aronberg would have provided membership in Special Risk Class for public safety dispatchers & 911 operators & their supervisors. Back to top
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CS/SB 626 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Atwater would have authorized certain employees to purchase additional retirement credit for past service at three percent Special Risk Class accrual value; provided for contribution rate increases to fund certain benefits; directed Statutory Revision Div. to adjust certain contribution rates. Back to top
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SB 646 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Fasano would have provided membership in Special Risk Class of system for persons employed as ocean water rescue lifeguards who met other specified qualifications. Back to top
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SB 674 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Wise would have included specified detention officers & supervisory employees of DJJ as special risk members of system. Back to top
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CS/SB 746, 1st Eng. - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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SB 838 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Aronberg would have redefined term "compensation"" to include certain supplementary payments made to firefighters, paramedics, & Emergency Medical Technicians. Back to top
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CS/CS/SB 1270 - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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SB 1304 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Hill would have expanded Special Risk Class to include employees of acute care hospitals. Back to top
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SB 1440 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Atwater would have provided presumption for in-line-of-duty cause under specified circumstances for death or disability due to cancer suffered by firefighter or paramedic employed by state or its political subdivisions; authorized purchase of insurance by local governments; required employing agency to keep records & notify firefighters & paramedics of their reported exposure to known carcinogens. Back to top
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CS/SB 1454 - [died in H Messages]
This substitute bill by Senator Webster would have required the Florida Transportation Commission to monitor transportation authorities & conduct periodic reviews of each authority; prohibited member of commission from entering into day-to-day operation of monitored authority and would have placed the Exec. Director of the Transportation Commission in the SMS which results in SMSC participation with access to SMSOAP. Back to top
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SB 1484 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Olerich would have expanded Special Risk Class to include mosquito control pilots. Back to top
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CS/SB 1488, 1st Eng. - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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CS/SB 1490 - [laid on table; see HB 7085]
This substitute bill by Governmental Operations would have established retirement contribution rates effective July 1, 2007 to be the same as the current plan year and amends rates effective July 1, 2008. Back to top
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SB 1614 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Aronberg would have removed the membership requirement before 1-1-87 for FRS members to purchase active duty wartime service adds required employer contribution rate increases. Back to top
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SB 1674 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Lawson would have provided for a one-year window for 25-year normal retirement if at least age 50 for Regular Class, limit DROP participation during this period, allowed the state to purchase annuities for the equivalent value of up to five years of out-of-state service or the early retirement reduction factor from FRS normal retirement. Back to top
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CS/SB 1684 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Lawson would have provided membership in the Special Risk Class for specified positions in correctional and forensic facilities with the Department of Corrections, Department of Children & Families, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Back to top
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CS/CS/CS/SB 1928 - [laid on table; see HB 985]
This substitute bill by Committee on Transportation would have allowed metropolitan planning organizations to participate in the FRS and provides compulsory SMSC particpation for the MPO's executive or staff director and places the executive director of the Transportation Commission in the SMS. Back to top
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CS/SB 1948 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Posey would have changed definition of termination to 12 months instead of one month if reemployed by same employer that member retired from unless there is a reemployment exception. Back to top
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SB 2010 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Olerich would have defined term "special risk administrative support member" & redefined term "member"; provided that person qualifies for membership in Special Risk Administrative Support Class if he or she is public safety dispatcher or 911 operator having specified duties or is supervisor or command officer of such person. Back to top
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SB 2072 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Olerich would have created Qualifying Injured Special Risk Class in FRS; declare legislative intent; provided conditions of eligibility for membership in class; provided consequences & benefits of membership. Creates 121.0517, F.S. Back to top
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CS/SB 2142, 1st Eng. - [passed, Enrolled]
See Passed Bill description above. Back to top
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SB 2174 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Bennett would have allowed disabled law enforcement officers who recover from ILOD disability to receive service credit for period of disability based upon one year for every two years worked after reemployment up to the total years the member was on disability retirement. Back to top
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SB 2210 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Villalobos would have increased Regular Class accrual value to three percent, would have removed the incremental increases after normal retirement, and provided funding by a 2.04 percent increase in Regular Class rate. Back to top
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CS/CS/CS/SB 2250 - [died on S Calendar]
This substitute bill by Senator Deutch would have limited investments by prohibiting investments in companies doing business in or with Iran, required identification within 90 days of passage of affected investments, notification to the companies of pending divestiture, and divestiture if the companies' business practices do not change in response to the notice by the SBA. Back to top
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SB 2332 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Wilson would have increased SMSC accrual value to 2.50 percent for all service earned on or after July 1, 2007. Back to top
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SB 2542 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Saunders would have redefined term "average final compensation" for members of Special Risk Class to be average of three years instead of five years and adjust contribution rates to fund benefit improvement. Back to top
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CS/SB 2684 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Aronberg would have allowed premium tax assessment by interlocal agreement for police protection services provied by another municipality. Back to top
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CS/SB 2744 - [died in S Committee]
This substitute bill by Senator Alexander would have provided for up to 36 additional months of DROP participation for Pre-K to 12 instructional staff at charter schools and district school boards, and would have redefined s. 1012.01(2), F.S., to cover pre-kindergaten to 12 definitions. Back to top
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SB 2878 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Wise would have allowed charter school Pre-K to 12 instructional personnel as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)-(d), F.S., to have their DROP extended for up to an additional 36 months and other administrative issues for charter schools and sponsors. Back to top
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SB 2910 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Baker would have revised provisions re benefits payable for total & permanent disability for certain Special Risk Class members of FRS who are injured in line of duty; deleted provision authorizing employing agency to reemploy retired member as firefighter or paramedic after specified period; provided minimum retirement benefits payable to certain said members who are injured in line of duty & who are totally & permanently disabled due to such injury, etc. Back to top
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SB 2922 - [withdrawn]
This bill by Senator Dockery would have revised civil service structure and pension board trustess for the City of Lakeland. Back to top
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SB 2938 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Joyner would have amended the provisions of the City of Tampa Police Officer and Firefighter Pension Fund concerning 13th check program funding. Back to top
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SB 2940 - [died in S Committee]
This bill by Senator Joyner would have amended the benefits of the City of Tampa Division B Employees retirement plan. Back to top
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