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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 862: Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Institutional Security Specialists

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

SB 862 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Institutional Security Specialists. Primary sponsor: Jonathan Martin (Republican), Governmental Oversight and Accountability. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice.

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.

Correctional Officers, Correctional Probation Officers, and Institutional Security Specialists; Citing this act as the "Correctional and Probation Officer Fairness Act"; requiring that, beginning on a specified date, the minimum annual base rate of pay for a correctional officer, a correctional probation officer, or an institutional security specialist be no less than $60,000; requiring the Department of Management Services to submit an annual compensation analysis report to the Governor and Legislature, beginning on a specified date; requiring, beginning with a specified fiscal year and subject to legislative appropriation, an annual increase to the base rate of pay for correctional officers, correctional probation officers, and institutional security specialists, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jonathan MartinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Governmental Oversight and AccountabilityPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  2. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
  3. Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
  4. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  5. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  6. On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
  7. Introduced
  8. Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
  9. Filed

Sources

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