republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2026/sb-1296.md

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Bill	Public Employees Relations Commission	Public Employees Relations Commission; Authorizing subpoenas to be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service; revising application requirements for employee organization registration and renewal of registration; specifying the criteria by which the commission determines the method and timing of elections; providing that a petition to clarify the composition of a bargaining unit may be filed with the commission under certain circumstances; providing that implementation of appropriations from the Legislature which are specifically directed to be disbursed as salaries for employees of local governments are considered a financial urgency; authorizing certain public employers, public employees, and employee organizations, or combinations thereof, to file certain charges with the commission, etc.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2026	SB 1296	Florida SB 1296 (2026)	bill	veterans	enacted	2026-58	Martin	5	34	5	2026-01-07	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/6d86faff-ae1d-4fa9-b17f-2761547f1328	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/ByCategory	8ab810a7b5b02d4ae9f2ab9c8d3265b37232a2079aa81b63286121e0790e764e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida SB 1296 (2026) — Public Employees Relations Commission

Public Employees Relations Commission; Authorizing subpoenas to be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service; revising application requirements for employee organization registration and renewal of registration; specifying the criteria by which the commission determines the method and timing of elections; providing that a petition to clarify the composition of a bargaining unit may be filed with the commission under certain circumstances; providing that implementation of appropriations from the Legislature which are specifically directed to be disbursed as salaries for employees of local governments are considered a financial urgency; authorizing certain public employers, public employees, and employee organizations, or combinations thereof, to file certain charges with the commission, etc.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-58.

Version chain

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

1. S 1296 Filed (filed) — source
2. S 1296 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. S 1296 c2 (committee substitute) — source
4. S 1296 e1 (engrossed) — source
5. S 1296 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Passage, Third Reading — 73–37 (pass) · lower
• Favorable with Committee Substitute — 10–8 (pass) · upper
• SA - 851520, Amendment, Second Reading — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 20–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fiscal Policy — primary (organization)
• Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (organization)
• Martin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-07 Filed filing
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2026-01-13 Introduced introduction
• 2026-01-28 On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
• 2026-02-06 On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
• 2026-02-11 CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
• 2026-02-13 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-02-17 Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
• 2026-02-17 Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
• 2026-02-17 Now in Fiscal Policy
• 2026-02-18 CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
• 2026-02-25 On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
• 2026-03-02 CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 8
• 2026-03-03 Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• 2026-03-03 CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
• 2026-03-04 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2026-03-04 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
• 2026-03-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-05 Amendment(s) adopted (151210, 553092, 851520)
• 2026-03-05 Placed on 3rd reading reading-3
• 2026-03-06 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-06 CS passed as amended; YEAS 20 NAYS 14 passage
• 2026-03-06 In Messages
• 2026-03-10 Bill referred to House Calendar
• 2026-03-10 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
• 2026-03-10 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) reading-1
• 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Added to Third Reading Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 73, NAYS 37 passage
• 2026-03-17 Ordered enrolled enrolled
• 2026-04-30 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-01 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Chapter No. 2026-58

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d86faff-ae1d-4fa9-b17f-2761547f1328. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).