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We completed the fifth week of the 2020 Legislative Session. Well, it may be easier to list who was not in Tallahassee this week.  Joining the lobbying team were President John Kazanjian, Senior Vice President Mick McHale, Vice President Jeff …

We completed the first week of the 2020 Legislative Session. This week's enormous lobbying team consisted of President John Kazanjian, Vice President Jim Baiardi, South Florida PBA President Steadman Stahl, South Florida Senior VP John Jenkins, South Florida PBA Sergeant …

The 2019 Legislative Session is over. We passed legislation updating DNA warrants (SB 920), texting while driving (HB 107), survivor death benefits (SB 7098), and an omnibus criminal justice reform package (HB 7125 - there is much to unpack in …

The idea came to us from Palm Beach County PBA's Treasurer Lou Penque and Vice President Rick McAfee. After talking with a number of Homicide Investigators across Florida, we came up with a simple change to the law which has …

We passed three bills and made some progress with the budget leadership this week. Overall, Florida PBA had a good showing. Please join me in thanking everyone who joined us in Tallahassee - President John "Kaz" Kazanjian, Palm Beach County …

We completed the third week of the 2020 Legislative Session. This week's lobbying team consisted of Vice President of Services Jim Baiardi, FHP President William Smith, Vice President of Chapters Steve Slade, State Correctional Officer Andrew Reese, State Correctional Officer …

This week was the second of six interim committee weeks for the Florida Legislature. As previously stated, these meetings are designed to get a early start on the major issues of the upcoming session. This week's lobbying team was led …

SB 7098 (Senator Ed Hooper) and HB 7105 (Representative Alex Andrade) is the implementing language from the constitutional amendment passed during the 2018 election guaranteeing surviving family members of law enforcement, correctional, and correctional probation officers a death benefit included in s.112.19 Florida …

The Florida PBA met with Governor Ron DeSantis this week to discuss our budget priorities.  The Governor and his staff were gracious with their time.  His message was clear, he fully supports Florida's law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional …

SB 784 by Senator Joe Gruters (HB 779 by Representative Chuck Clemons) unanimously passed the Florida Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee on April 10. The bill creates what we call a "hard floor" of 2% for the post-retirement Cost …