---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County"
description: "West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County; Revises definitions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; board members' credits for service; revenue; member contributions; custodian of funds; investments; service benefits; supplemental pension distribution; optional forms of benefits; share accounts; deferred retirement option plan (DROP); backwards deferred retirement option plan (BackDROP); disability pensions, medical examinations, return to work; beneficiary benefits; review procedures; Internal Revenue Code limits; minimum distribution of benefits; rollovers from qualified plans; & prior firefighter service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4065"
citation: "Florida HB 4065 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tendrich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8430100-83be-4539-a6a3-85c212bf578d"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4065/ByCategory"
source_hash: "43483ced9324f7430e2ce2bbea6c7b753930311c8baeddc43a16486f48becf2f"
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 4065 (2026) — West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County

West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County; Revises definitions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; board members' credits for service; revenue; member contributions; custodian of funds; investments; service benefits; supplemental pension distribution; optional forms of benefits; share accounts; deferred retirement option plan (DROP); backwards deferred retirement option plan (BackDROP); disability pensions, medical examinations, return to work; beneficiary benefits; review procedures; Internal Revenue Code limits; minimum distribution of benefits; rollovers from qualified plans; & prior firefighter service.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 4065 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4065/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 4065 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4065/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tendrich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Filed `filing`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-01-20** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
- **2026-01-20** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2026-02-03** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2026-02-05** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-05** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2026-02-05** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2026-02-10** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-25** In Messages
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
- **2026-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26
- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** In Messages
- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-05-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8430100-83be-4539-a6a3-85c212bf578d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).