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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Employees Relations Commission"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 1296"
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citation: "Florida SB 1296 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["veterans"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-58"
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primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-07"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d86faff-ae1d-4fa9-b17f-2761547f1328"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "8ab810a7b5b02d4ae9f2ab9c8d3265b37232a2079aa81b63286121e0790e764e"
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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 SB 1296 (2026) — Public Employees Relations Commission
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-58.
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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. **S 1296 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 1296 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/c1/HTML)
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3. **S 1296 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/c2/HTML)
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4. **S 1296 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/e1/HTML)
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5. **S 1296 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1296/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **6–3** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **73–37** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–8** (pass) · upper
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- SA - 851520, Amendment, Second Reading — **21–13** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **20–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fiscal Policy — primary (organization)
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- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (organization)
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- Martin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-07** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-01-28** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
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- **2026-02-06** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2026-02-11** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
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- **2026-02-13** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-02-17** Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
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- **2026-02-17** Remaining references corrected to Fiscal Policy
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- **2026-02-17** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2026-02-18** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
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- **2026-02-25** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2026-03-02** CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 8
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- **2026-03-03** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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- **2026-03-03** CS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
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- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Amendment(s) adopted (151210, 553092, 851520)
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** CS passed as amended; YEAS 20 NAYS 14 `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** In Messages
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- **2026-03-10** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2026-03-10** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
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- **2026-03-10** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** CS passed; YEAS 73, NAYS 37 `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-30** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-01** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Chapter No. 2026-58
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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/6d86faff-ae1d-4fa9-b17f-2761547f1328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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