Florida Senate Bill 7028

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2026 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-02-20 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 5205
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Authorizing an elected officer, except while serving as a legislator, to remain in elective office and receive accumulated Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) proceeds after the officer attains a certain age; requiring the Division of Retirement or the State Board of Administration, as appropriate, to take steps to recoup from the elected officer any DROP proceeds distributed in accordance with a specified provision, under specified circumstances; revising the cost-of-living adjustment for eligible Special Risk Class retirees; revising required allocations from the Contributions Clearing Trust Fund to provide disability coverage to members of the investment plan of the Florida Retirement System, etc.

Retirement

Senate Appropriations Committee

Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee

Sen. Kristen Arrington [D]

2026-02-18 - Senate - Senate Appropriations (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-01-20 - Senate - Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-20	Senate	Laid on Table, refer to HB 5205
2026-02-20	Senate	Substituted HB 5205
2026-02-20	Senate	Read 2nd time
2026-02-19	Senate	CS by Appropriations read 1st time
2026-02-18	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
2026-02-18	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2026-02-18	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2026-02-18	Senate	CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
2026-02-13	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2026-01-22	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-21	Senate	Referred to Appropriations
2026-01-21	Senate	Filed
2026-01-20	Senate	Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
2026-01-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
2026-01-15	Senate	Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability

H5001 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Conference Committee
H5205 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Conference Committee
S2500 (Similar To) 2026-02-20 - Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
121	053		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	091		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	101		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	73		Amended Code	See Bill Text
121	735		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/BillText/pb/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Amendment/448760/HTML
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Analyses/2026s07028.pre.go.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Analyses/2026s07028.go.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Analyses/2026s07028.pre.ap.PDF
Supplement	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Analyses/2026s07028.ap.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Vote/2026-01-20%200330PM~S07028%20Vote%20Record.PDF
Roll Call	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/7028/Vote/2026-02-18%200130PM~S07028%20Vote%20Record.PDF