TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers, firefighters, police and state employees may soon be contributing to their pensions for the first time under a bill passed Thursday by Florida lawmakers amid union opposition.
The measure passed mostly along party line in the House on a 78-39 vote and 26-13 in the Senate where scores of disgruntled union workers watched from the gallery. The bill (SB 2100) was amended to conform to the House bill and now goes to conference.
In the Senate, four Republicans voted against it while two South Florida Democrats, Sens. Nan Rich of Weston and Jeremy Ring of Margate, voted for the bill.
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