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SB0060 • 2026

Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class

Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McClain
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class

Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class; Providing that participation in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory for each district’s assistant regional counsel supervisors, beginning on a specified date, etc.

What This Bill Does

  • Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class; Providing that participation in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory for each district’s assistant regional counsel supervisors, beginning on a specified date, etc.
  • APPROPRIATION: $950,000

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Amendments

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417848

Committee amendment S 60 Filed • Governmental Oversight and Accountability (McClain)

Replaced by Committee Substitute 12/9/2025

Plain English: Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • SB 60 Ì417848TÎ417848 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate .
  • House Comm: RCS .
  • 12/09/2025 .

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 Senate

    • Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  2. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Introduced • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

  3. 2025-12-11 Senate

    • Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

  4. 2025-12-09 Senate

    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  5. 2025-12-01 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 12/09/25, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building

  6. 2025-10-06 Senate

    • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations

  7. 2025-09-19 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Membership in the Senior Management Service Class; Providing that participation in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory for each district’s assistant regional counsel supervisors, beginning on a specified date, etc.

APPROPRIATION:
$950,000

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
-
2026

CS for SB 60

By
the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
and Senator McClain

585-01752-26 202660c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to criminal conflict and civil
3 regional counsel membership in the Senior Management
4 Service Class; amending s. 121.055, F.S.; providing
5 that participation in the Senior Management Service
6 Class of the Florida Retirement System is compulsory
7 for each region’s assistant regional counsel
8 supervisors, beginning on a specified date; providing
9 an appropriation; providing an effective date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
12
13 Section 1. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section
14 121.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15 121.055 Senior Management Service Class.—There is hereby
16 established a separate class of membership within the Florida
17 Retirement System to be known as the “Senior Management Service
18 Class,” which shall become effective February 1, 1987.
19 (1)
20 (m)1. Effective July 1, 2020, participation in the Senior
21 Management Service Class is compulsory for each appointed
22 criminal conflict and civil regional counsel and each district’s
23 assistant regional counsel chiefs, administrative directors, and
24 chief investigators.
25 2.
Effective July 1, 2026, participation in the Senior

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Management Service Class is compulsory for each region’s

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assistant regional counsel supervisors (class code 9903).

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3.
A Senior Management Service Class member under this
29 paragraph may purchase additional retirement credit in the class
30 for creditable service within the purview of the Senior
31 Management Service Class retroactive to October 1, 2007, and may
32 upgrade retirement credit for such service in accordance with
33 paragraph (j). However, this service credit may not be purchased
34 by the employer on behalf of the member.
35 Section 2.
For the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the sum of

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$950,000 in recurring funds is appropriated from the General

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Revenue Fund to the offices of the criminal conflict and civil

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regional counsel for the purpose of paying retirement benefits

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for specified positions within those offices.

40 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.