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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 4065"
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citation: "Florida HB 4065 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tendrich"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-06"
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last_action: "2026-06-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8430100-83be-4539-a6a3-85c212bf578d"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4065/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "43483ced9324f7430e2ce2bbea6c7b753930311c8baeddc43a16486f48becf2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 4065 (2026) — West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund, Palm Beach County
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 4065 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4065/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 4065 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4065/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Local Bills, Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tendrich — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Now in Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-15** Added to Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-20** Favorable by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-20** Reported out of Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-20** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-03** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-02-05** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-05** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
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- **2026-02-05** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2026-02-06** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
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- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** In Messages
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-09** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/11/26
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- **2026-03-11** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** In Messages
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- **2026-03-11** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-27** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-08** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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