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SB2504 • 2026

State Employees

State Employees

Budget Labor
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Appropriations
Last action
2026-02-20
Official status
Senate - Laid on Table, refer to HB 5201 -SJ 411
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on how disputes will be resolved, only that they must follow instructions from other laws.

State Employees Collective Bargaining Resolution

This law sets rules for resolving disputes between the state and employee unions when negotiations reach an impasse in fiscal year 2026-2027.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides a process to resolve collective bargaining issues at impasse between the state and certified bargaining units for state employees during the fiscal year 2026-2027.
  • Specifies that disputes must be resolved according to instructions from the General Appropriations Act and any related laws for the same fiscal year.
  • Sets July 1, 2026 as the date this law takes effect.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State employees who are part of certified bargaining units
  • The state government

Terms To Know

Collective Bargaining
When workers negotiate as a group with their employer to set terms and conditions of employment.
Impasse
A situation where negotiations have reached a deadlock, and both sides cannot agree on the issues at hand.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The specific details of how disputes will be resolved are not provided in this law but will come from other laws like the General Appropriations Act.
  • This law only applies to state employees who belong to certified bargaining units for the fiscal year 2026-2027.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-20 Senate

    • Read 2nd time -SJ 411 • Substituted HB 5201 -SJ 411 • Laid on Table, refer to HB 5201 -SJ 411

  2. 2026-02-19 Senate

    • Introduced

  3. 2026-02-18 Senate

    • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 • Filed • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/20/26

  4. 2026-02-13 Senate

    • Submitted for consideration by Appropriations • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

Official Summary Text

State Employees; Providing for the resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between the state and certified bargaining units for state employees, etc.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 2504

By
the Committee on Appropriations

576-02996-26 20262504__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to state employees; providing for the
3 resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse
4 between the state and certified bargaining units for
5 state employees; providing an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 Section 1.
All collective bargaining issues for which

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negotiations have reached a
n impasse for the 2026
-20
27
fiscal

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year between the
state
and the legal representatives of the

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certified bargaining units for state employees shall be resolved

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pursuant to the instructions provided in the General

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Appropriations Act and the relevant provisions of any

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legislation enacted to implement the Genera
l Appropriations Act

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for the 2026-2027
fiscal year.

17 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.