---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund of the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County"
description: "West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund of the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 889"
citation: "Florida HB 889 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["retirement", "west palm beach", "city of"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-168"
primary_sponsors: ["Willhite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-05"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f1728d5-e18a-4eb2-a301-9a02e28c06ff"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00889/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ddbe86a2fe922f9c120483a71b99736139f4c77f695a542f45c0b733e0498cf9"
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 HB 889 (2018) — West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund of the City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-168.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 889 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/889/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 889 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/889/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Government Accountability Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Local, Federal & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Oversight, Transparency & Administration Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Willhite — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-05** Filed `filing`
- **2017-12-13** Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 01/10/18, 3:30 pm, 12 HOB
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-10** Now in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
- **2018-01-19** On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 01/23/18, 3:30 pm, Morris Hall
- **2018-01-23** Favorable by Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-23** Now in Government Accountability Committee
- **2018-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 02/08/18, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2018-02-08** Favorable by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/18
- **2018-02-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-01** Passed; YEAS 112 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-01** In Messages
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Received
- **2018-03-06** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/08/18
- **2018-03-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-09** Chapter No. 2018-168

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f1728d5-e18a-4eb2-a301-9a02e28c06ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).