Florida 2025 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 965 — Retirement Credit for Military Service

Last action — Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Retirement Credit for Military Service; Revises initial date of employment for members who have military service & may receive creditable military service; requires DMS to adopt specified rules; revises definition of term "veteran" to include more recent periods of wartime service.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Government Operations Subcommittee

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  4. Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  5. Referred to State Affairs Committee

  6. Referred to Budget Committee

  7. Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

  8. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 965 do?
Retirement Credit for Military Service; Revises initial date of employment for members who have military service & may receive creditable military service; requires DMS to adopt specified rules; revises definition of term "veteran" to include more recent periods of wartime service.
Who sponsors HB 965?
HB 965 is sponsored by Holcomb, Jeff (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 965?
This bill died with 2025 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 965?
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