---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County"
description: "City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County; Revises definition of \"salary\"; provides definition does not include certain persons in a collective bargaining agreement; provides for retroactive restoration of benefit accrual rate to 3 percent for all years of member's service within specified time period; provides eligible members receive lump-sum payment for accumulated leave payable upon retirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 929"
citation: "Florida HB 929 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-238"
primary_sponsors: ["Silvers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-15"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56702cd2-a661-4ae0-a152-1943f983dc9e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/929/ByCategory"
source_hash: "22e42f3f99fc32e1e4834be19658e98d8afb0dfff6a77bf27f13a26f9974ec52"
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 929 (2022) — City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County

City of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County; Revises definition of "salary"; provides definition does not include certain persons in a collective bargaining agreement; provides for retroactive restoration of benefit accrual rate to 3 percent for all years of member's service within specified time period; provides eligible members receive lump-sum payment for accumulated leave payable upon retirement.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-238.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 929 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/929/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 929 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/929/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silvers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-15** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-21** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-25** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-25** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-25** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-08** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-21** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-21** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-21** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/10/22
- **2022-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-29** Chapter No. 2022-238

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56702cd2-a661-4ae0-a152-1943f983dc9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).