---
type: "Bill"
title: "Florida Retirement System"
description: "Florida Retirement System; Authorizes employers to establish volunteer programs; establishes criteria for such programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1121"
citation: "Florida HB 1121 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2023-316"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartleman", "Tomkow"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be18ade6-381f-4240-8736-18a561f2a38b"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1121/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a00ec78c6fdd4b85da2d56f0bc7d799947a4c76e5e326aab21819e0f05f66469"
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 1121 (2023) — Florida Retirement System

Florida Retirement System; Authorizes employers to establish volunteer programs; establishes criteria for such programs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-316.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1121 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1121/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1121 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1121/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1121 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1121/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 1121 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1121/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartleman — primary (person)
- Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Tomkow — primary (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Now in Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** PCS added to Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-03-22** Favorable with CS by Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Reported out of Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2023-03-22** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-03-22** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-23** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2023-03-28** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2023-03-28** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-17** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2023-04-19** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2023-04-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-28** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2023-04-28** Substituted for CS/SB 1156
- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-28** In Messages
- **2023-04-28** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-05** Chapter No. 2023-316

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be18ade6-381f-4240-8736-18a561f2a38b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).