Local Government Official Salaries

Elections

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Jones
Last action: 2026-03-13
Official status: Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Effective date: 2026-10-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Local Government Official Salaries

This bill revises the base salaries and group rates for calculating additional compensation for clerks of circuit courts, county comptrollers, and supervisors of elections based on their county's population.

What This Bill Does

Revises the base salary amounts for clerks of circuit court and county comptrollers depending on the size of their county.
Updates the group rate used to calculate additional compensation for each population increment over a certain minimum number in a county.
Sets new base salaries and group rates for supervisors of elections based on the population range of their counties.

Who It Names or Affects

Clerks of circuit court
County comptrollers
Supervisors of elections

Terms To Know

Base Salary: The starting amount of money an official receives before any additional compensation is added.
Group Rate: A rate used to calculate extra pay based on the population above a certain number in a county.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass all stages of the legislative process and died in the Community Affairs committee.
It is unclear how many counties will be affected by these changes.

Bill History

2026-03-13 Senate
• Died in Community Affairs
2026-01-13 Senate
• Introduced
2025-12-16 Senate
• Referred to Community Affairs; Fiscal Policy; Rules
2025-12-10 Senate
• Filed

Official Summary Text

Local Government Official Salaries; Revising the base salaries used to calculate the compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller and the compensation of a supervisor of elections, respectively, etc.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 842

By
Senator Jones

34-00952-26 2026842__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to local government official salaries;
3 amending ss. 145.051 and 145.09, F.S.; revising the
4 base salaries used to calculate the compensation of a
5 clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller
6 and the compensation of a supervisor of elections,
7 respectively; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 145.051, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended to read:
13 145.051 Clerk of circuit court; county comptroller.—
14 (1) Each clerk of the circuit court and each county
15 comptroller shall receive as salary the amount indicated, based
16 on the population of his or her county. In addition, a
17 compensation shall be made for population increments over the
18 minimum for each population group, which shall be determined by
19 multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the
20 group times the group rate.
21
22 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate
23 Minimum Maximum
24 I -0- 49,999
$26,250

$21,250
$0.07875
25 II 50,000 99,999
29,400
24,400
0.06300
26 III 100,000 199,999
32,550
27,550
0.02625
27 IV 200,000 399,999
35,175
30,175
0.01575
28 V 400,000 999,999
38,325

33,325
0.00525
29 VI 1,000,000
41,475

36,475
0.00400
30 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 145.09, Florida
31 Statutes, is amended to read:
32 145.09 Supervisor of elections.—
33 (1) Each supervisor of elections shall receive as salary
34 the amount indicated, based on the population of his or her
35 county. In addition, a compensation shall be made for population
36 increments over the minimum for each population group, which
37 shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of
38 the minimum for the group times the group rate.
39
40 Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate
41 Minimum Maximum
42 I -0- 49,999
$26,250

$21,250
$0.07875
43 II 50,000 99,999
29,400

24,400
0.06300
44 III 100,000 199,999
32,550

27,550
0.02625
45 IV 200,000 399,999
35,175

30,175
0.01575
46 V 400,000 999,999
38,325

33,325
0.00525
47 VI 1,000,000
41,475

36,475
0.00400
48 Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2026.