Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H4065: West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County
Status: Chaptered, July 1, 2026
Revises definitions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; board members' credits for service; revenue; member contributions; custodian of funds; investments; service benefits; supplemental pension distribution; optional forms of benefits; share accounts; deferred retirement option plan (DROP); backwards deferred retirement option plan (BackDROP); disability pensions, medical examinations, return to work; beneficiary benefits; review procedures; Internal Revenue Code limits; minimum distribution of benefits; rollovers from qualified plans; & prior firefighter service.
What the bill says
An act relating to the West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County; amending chapter 24981 (1947), Laws of Florida, as amended; revising definitions relating to the West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; removing certain duties of the board secretary; revising members' credits for service; providing powers of the board; revising revenue sources; revising member contributions; revising custodian of funds; revising investment provisions; revising provisions regarding service benefits; revising the supplemental pension distribution; revising the optional forms of benefits…
From the enrolled text, March 11, 2026:
An act relating to the West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County; amending chapter 24981 (1947), Laws of Florida, as amended; revising definitions relating to the West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; removing certain duties of the board secretary; revising members' credits for service; providing powers of the board; revising revenue sources; revising member contributions; revising custodian of funds; revising investment provisions; revising provisions regarding service benefits; revising the supplemental pension distribution; revising the optional forms of benefits; revising the chapter 175 share accounts; revising deferred retirement option plan (DROP); revising backwards deferred retirement option plan (BackDROP); revising disability pensions; providing duty-related presumptions; revising beneficiary benefits; revising review procedures; revising Internal Revenue Code limits; providing minimum distribution of benefits; revising rollovers from qualified plans; revising prior firefighter service; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: ENROLLED HB 4065 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb4065 -00-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (g), and (h) of subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3), subsection (4), paragraphs (a), (c), (d), (g), (j), and (k) of subsection (5), paragraphs (c),(d), and (g) through (j) of subsection (6), paragraph (b) of subsection (7), subsection (8), paragraph (c) of subsection (9), subsection (15), paragraph (a) …