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SB 7022FLORIDA · STATEWIDESession 2025
High Impact

Changes to Florida Retirement System and Elected Official Benefits

Original title: Retirement

July 3, 2025

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The Frame

What this does

The law changes the financial rules for public employee pensions and creates new mechanisms for the state to claw back retirement funds from elected officials under specific legal circumstances, impacting the long-term solvency of the state retirement system.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Elected officials

The law changes the timing of when they can access DROP proceeds and establishes new conditions for benefit forfeiture.

Florida Retirement System members

The law revises employer contribution rates and clarifies rules regarding benefit forfeiture and refunds.

What changed

Last recorded activity July 3, 2025.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This law updates how elected officials receive retirement benefits and adjusts employer contribution rates for the Florida Retirement System. It also establishes new procedures for the state to recover retirement payments from officials who face certain criminal charges or impeachment.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can elected officials still receive their retirement money while serving in office?
Generally, no. Elected officials cannot receive pension payments or DROP lump sums while in office, though the law now allows them to receive accumulated DROP proceeds after age 59 1/2 under specific conditions.
What happens to an official's retirement benefits if they are convicted of a crime?
If an official is convicted of a felony related to their public office or an impeachable offense, they forfeit all rights to retirement benefits, though they are entitled to the return of their own accumulated contributions.

Why It Matters

The law changes the financial rules for public employee pensions and creates new mechanisms for the state to claw back retirement funds from elected officials under specific legal circumstances, impacting the long-term solvency of the state retirement system.

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

1607 STRATEGIES, LLC

on behalf of inspHIRE IO Corp. DBA Candidly

2026

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/INVESTMENTS/SECRETIREMENT

Student loan and retirement security issues. Implementation of SECURE 2.0 of 2022 Act. Access to student loan payment data to allow employees to match student loan payments with retirement savings payments. Issues related to Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019.

1607 STRATEGIES, LLC

on behalf of Ameriprise Financial

2026

BANKING

Issues related to fiduciary duty. Issues related to prohibited transactions for retirement accounts.

on behalf of Defined Benefit Retirement Protection Fund, Inc.

2026

Senate LDAView filing →

RICHARD ROBINSON & ASSOCIATES INC.

on behalf of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS (AARP)

Senate LDAView filing →

Rusty Selix

on behalf of Association of Retired Teachers

Senate LDAView filing →

READ & ASSOCIATES AARON

on behalf of RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Senate LDAView filing →

READ & ASSOCIATES AARON

on behalf of RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION

Senate LDAView filing →

SCHOTT INC. PHILLIP H.

on behalf of STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEMS (SACRS)

Senate LDAView filing →

1607 STRATEGIES, LLC

on behalf of inspHIRE IO Corp. DBA Candidly

2026

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS/INVESTMENTS/SECRETIREMENT

Student loan and retirement security issues. Implementation of SECURE 2.0 of 2022 Act. Access to student loan payment data to allow employees to match student loan payments with retirement savings payments. Issues related to Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act of 2019.

Voting Record

Sponsors

Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Increased Clawback Authority

The law explicitly mandates the recoupment of DROP proceeds from elected officials if they face charges that would otherwise trigger benefit forfeiture, closing a potential loophole.

Connected Entities

otherDeferred Retirement Option ProgramA program allowing members to defer retirement while continuing to work.Map →
organizationDivision of RetirementResponsible for administering benefits and recouping funds.Map →
organizationFlorida Retirement SystemThe state pension system governed by this act.Map →
organizationState Board of AdministrationResponsible for administering benefits and recouping funds.Map →

Sources

Open source document

openstates.org

Analysis Score

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  • Controversy40
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  • Entertainment20
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