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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 965: Retirement Credit for Military Service

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 965 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on February 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Retirement Credit for Military Service. Primary sponsor: Jeff Holcomb (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Government Operations Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff HolcombPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse53

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  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 Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source