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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees Relations Commission"
description: "Public Employees Relations Commission; Authorizing subpoenas to be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service; revising application requirements for employee organization registration and renewal of registration; specifying the criteria by which the commission determines the method and timing of elections; providing that a petition to clarify the composition of a bargaining unit may be filed with the commission under certain circumstances; providing that implementation of appropriations from the Legislature which are specifically directed to be disbursed as salaries for employees of local governments are considered a financial urgency; authorizing certain public employers, public employees, and employee organizations, or combinations thereof, to file certain charges with the commission, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1296"
citation: "Florida SB 1296 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2026-58"
primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d86faff-ae1d-4fa9-b17f-2761547f1328"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/ByCategory"
source_hash: "8ab810a7b5b02d4ae9f2ab9c8d3265b37232a2079aa81b63286121e0790e764e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida SB 1296 (2026) — Public Employees Relations Commission
Public Employees Relations Commission; Authorizing subpoenas to be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service; revising application requirements for employee organization registration and renewal of registration; specifying the criteria by which the commission determines the method and timing of elections; providing that a petition to clarify the composition of a bargaining unit may be filed with the commission under certain circumstances; providing that implementation of appropriations from the Legislature which are specifically directed to be disbursed as salaries for employees of local governments are considered a financial urgency; authorizing certain public employers, public employees, and employee organizations, or combinations thereof, to file certain charges with the commission, etc.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-58.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S 1296 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1296 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1296 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 1296 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/e1/HTML)
5. **S 1296 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/er/HTML)
## Votes
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **63** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **7337** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **108** (pass) · upper
- SA - 851520, Amendment, Second Reading — **2113** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **2014** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Fiscal Policy — primary (organization)
- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (organization)
- Martin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-07** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
- **2026-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2026-02-11** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
- **2026-02-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-02-17** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- **2026-02-17** Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-17** Now in Fiscal Policy
- **2026-02-18** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2026-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- **2026-03-02** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 8
- **2026-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2026-03-03** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (151210, 553092, 851520)
- **2026-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 20 NAYS 14 `passage`
- **2026-03-06** In Messages
- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 73, NAYS 37 `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Chapter No. 2026-58
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d86faff-ae1d-4fa9-b17f-2761547f1328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).