CS/CS/HB 995: Public Employees Relations Commission

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee, Government Operations Subcommittee, Persons-Mulicka; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Barnaby, Black, Buchanan, Owen

Public Employees Relations Commission; Revises provisions relating to certain final orders issued by PERC; specifies annual salaries of chair & other commissioners of PERC; revises provisions for delivery of service; requires employee organization, within specified timeframe, to revoke membership of, & cease collection of membership dues from, public employee; revises requirements for registration, registration renewal, certification, recertification, or decertification of employee organizations; removes provisions relating to revocation of certification of employee organizations; requires commission or one of its designated agents to conduct investigation if challenge is filed; provides prohibitions on public employers, their agents or representatives, & any person acting on their behalf; revises provisions relating to impasse; authorizes certain actions by public employees upon agreement between public employer & bargaining agent; provides exceptions for certain bargaining units; increases fines for certain violations.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/27/2026 04:57 PM

• Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 997 by Persons-Mulicka Pub. Rec./Public Employees Relations Commission Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Linked
  S 1296 (er) by Martin Public Employees Relations Commission Last Action: 3/17/2026 S Ordered enrolled	Similar
  S 1298 (c1) by Martin Public Records/Public Employees Relations Commission Last Action: 3/3/2026 S Laid on Table	Compare

• Citations - Statute (29)

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  110.114	Employee wage deductions.	Page 71 (pdf)
  110.205	Career service; exemptions.	Page 71 (pdf)
  110.227	Suspensions, dismissals, reductions in pay, demotions, layoffs, transfers, and grievances.	Page 5 (pdf)
  112.0455	Drug-Free Workplace Act.	Page 6 (pdf)
  112.3187	Adverse action against employee for disclosing information of specified nature prohibited; employee remedy and relief.	Page 72 (pdf)
  120.80	Exceptions and special requirements; agencies.	Page 7 (pdf)
  121.031	Administration of system; appropriation; oaths; actuarial studies; public records.	Page 73 (pdf)
  295.14	Penalties.	Page 7 (pdf)
  447.02	Definitions.	Page 74 (pdf)
  447.203	Definitions.	Page 8 (pdf)
  447.205	Public Employees Relations Commission.	Page 19 (pdf)
  447.207	Commission; powers and duties.	Page 20 (pdf)
  447.301	Public employees’ rights; organization and representation.	Page 22 (pdf)
  447.303	Dues; deduction and collection.	Page 25 (pdf)
  447.305	Registration of employee organization.	Page 27 (pdf)
  447.307	Certification of employee organization.	Page 36 (pdf)
  447.3076		Page 45 (pdf)
  447.308	Revocation of certification of employee organization.	Page 46 (pdf)
  447.309	Collective bargaining; approval or rejection.	Page 49 (pdf)
  447.401	Grievance procedures.	Page 52 (pdf)
  447.403	Resolution of impasses.	Page 54 (pdf)
  447.405	Factors to be considered by the special magistrate.	Page 59 (pdf)
  447.4095	Financial urgency.	Page 61 (pdf)
  447.501	Unfair labor practices.	Page 62 (pdf)
  447.503	Charges of unfair labor practices.	Page 64 (pdf)
  447.507	Violation of strike prohibition; penalties.	Page 65 (pdf)
  447.509	Other unlawful acts.	Page 69 (pdf)
  447.609	Representation in proceedings.	Page 74 (pdf)
  1011.60	Minimum requirements of the Florida Education Finance Program.	Page 75 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/5/2026	H	• Filed
  1/12/2026	H	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/27/2026	H	• Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
  1/29/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee • Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
  1/30/2026	H	• Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Administration Budget Subcommittee • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  2/3/2026	H	• Added to State Administration Budget Subcommittee agenda
  2/5/2026	H	• Favorable by State Administration Budget Subcommittee • Reported out of State Administration Budget Subcommittee • Now in State Affairs Committee
  2/24/2026	H	• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  2/26/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
  2/27/2026	H	• Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
  3/2/2026	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) • Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3/11/2026	H	• Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 1296