Florida legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Florida H1581: Local Government Salaries and Benefits
Status: Failed, June 16, 2025
Revises requirements for board of county commissioners salary formula to apply to noncharter counties; provides for determination of salaries of 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.
Sponsors
- State Affairs Committee · primary sponsor
- Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee · primary sponsor
- Buchanan, James (R, SD-022) · primary sponsor
- Giallombardo, Mike (R, HD-079) · primary sponsor
- Porras, Juan (R, HD-119)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
Votes
- House: Third Reading RCS#146 (April 23, 2025): 108 yea, 3 nay, passed
- House State Affairs Committee (April 8, 2025): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee (March 26, 2025): 14 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H1581?
- H1581 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Local Government Salaries and Benefits.
- What does H1581 do?
- Revises requirements for board of county commissioners salary formula to apply to noncharter counties; provides for determination of salaries of 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.