Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 862
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/02/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Martin) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 64 - 81
    4  and insert:
    5         (3)(a) Beginning July 1, 2030, the minimum annual base rate
    6  of pay for state employees who are correctional officers (class
    7  code 8003), institutional security specialists I (class code
    8  8237), and correctional probation officers (class code 8036) may
    9  not be less than $60,000.
   10         (b) By July 1 of each year beginning in 2027, the
   11  Department of Management Services shall submit an annual
   12  compensation analysis report to the Governor, the President of
   13  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
   14  which measures progress toward the goal of this subsection and
   15  continued compliance with this section. The report should
   16  include turnover and vacancy rates for the correctional officer
   17  class series, the correctional probation officer class series,
   18  and the institutional security specialist class series.
   19         (4)(a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 fiscal year, and each
   20  fiscal year thereafter, and subject to legislative
   21  appropriations, state correctional officers (class codes 8003,
   22  8005, 8011, and 8013), correctional probation officers (class
   23  codes 8036, 8039, 8040, 8041, 8045, and 8046), and institutional
   24  security specialists (class codes 8237, 8238, and 8240) shall
   25  receive an increase to the annual base rate of pay of at least
   26  4.5%.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 6 - 14
   31  and insert:
   32         minimum annual base rate of pay of a correctional
   33         officer, a correctional probation officer, or an
   34         institutional security specialist be no less than
   35         $60,000; requiring the Department of Management
   36         Services to submit an annual compensation analysis
   37         report to the Governor and Legislature; providing
   38         criteria for the report; requiring, subject to
   39         legislative appropriation, an annual increase to the
   40         base rate of pay for