Florida House Bill 917 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes payment of death benefits to surviving spouse or surviving children of Special Risk Class member in investment plan; establishes qualifications & eligibility requirements in order to receive such benefits; prescribes method of calculating benefit; specifies circumstances under which benefit payments are terminated; provides legislative intent; requires SBA or Division of Retirement to take certain action upon receipt of notification of disqualification from IRS; authorizes state board & DMS to adopt rules; provides for allocations for death benefits authorized by act; adjusts employer contribution rates in order to fund changes made by act; provides directive to DOLRI; declares that act fulfills important state interest.

Death Benefits Under Florida Retirement System

Rep. Rene Plasencia [R]	Rep. Larry Ahern [R]	Rep. Eric Eisnaugle [R]	Rep. Edwin Narain [D]
Rep. Hazelle Rogers [D]	Sen. Darryl Rouson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2016-01-08	House	Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee
2015-12-10	House	Filed

H0087 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)
S7012 (Similar To) 2016-04-08 - Chapter No. 2016-213
H7107 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7012 (Ch. 2016-213)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
121	571		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	591		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	5912		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	735		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	75		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/917
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0917/BillText/Filed/PDF