Bill Summary

HB 1581 Local Government Salaries and Benefits (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Buchanan, Giallombardo  CS Sponsors: Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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Summary
Local Government Salaries and Benefits: Revises requirements for board of county commissioners salary formula to apply to noncharter counties; requires county population to be used to calculate group rate beginning on specified date; provides for determination of salaries of members of boards of county commissioners of certain counties; provides applicability relating to prohibition of supplemental compensation by certain counties; provides procedures for calculating salary adjustments for members of boards of county commissioners of certain counties; requires referendum for board of county commissioners to increase salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; requires referendum election costs to be paid by county; requires referendum for governing body of municipality to increase salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; requires referendum election costs to be paid by municipality; requires referendum for governing body of special district to increase salary, retirement benefits, or other compensation paid to its members; requires referendum election costs to be paid by special district. Effective Date: October 1, 2025
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committees of reference
   H Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
» H State Affairs Committee
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Actions
02/28/25
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Filed
03/05/25
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Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
03/05/25
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Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
03/24/25
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On Committee agenda - Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee, 03/26/25, 8:00 am, 17 H
03/26/25
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Favorable with CS by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee; 14 Yeas, 1 Nay
03/27/25
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/28/25
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Now in State Affairs Committee
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bill text & filed amendments
1581
Filed on 02/28/25
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Amendment 233293
Buchanan
Filed on 03/25/25
Adopted
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1581C1
Filed on 03/27/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
145.012
145.031
145.17
145.19
145.2
166.021
189.0165
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