SB 7028 Florida 2026 session
Retirement
Retirement; 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.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Awaiting a floor vote — last recorded action February 20, 2026
Laid on Table
Recorded votes
Favorable with Committee Substitute
18 yes · 0 no · pass February 18, 2026
Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee
9 yes · 0 no · pass January 20, 2026
Passage likelihood
95% Higher than most bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Scheduled for or awaiting a floor vote.
- Cosponsors 2 cosponsors.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Laid on Table
- Substituted HB 5205 (Died in Conference Committee)
- Read 2nd time
- CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Introduced
- Referred to Appropriations
- Filed
- Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Submitted for consideration by Governmental Oversight and Accountability