How we calculate the "Score" for each bill we're tracking:
Bill Score =
total votes matching what voters want
total votes cast by the Representative on bills we are tracking
Where we get our data: OpenStates.org, a community project that pulls legislative data from the Florida House and Senate websites.
Official data: We track and report the votes reported by the State of Florida. Displayed votes are the most recent data available from the House and Senate websites through Open States.
Changed votes: Legislators are entitled to change their votes after bills pass or fail. Those changes may or may not be published by the state.
No votes: A gray circle indicates that the legislator did not vote on the latest motion for that bill. They may have been absent or otherwise unable to vote.
"Voters Wanted" results are reported by the total, state-wide votes, until a district has at least 1,000 verified users in the Voatz app
Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act (HR 5342)
Score:
48
%
This bill proposes replacing the existing Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) with a new formula designed to equalize Social Security benefits for individuals with earnings from noncovered employment, addressing disparities faced by public servants. The primary objective is to create a formula that computes an individual's primary insurance amount by incorporating their noncovered work earnings. The formula considers average indexed monthly earnings and adjusts them as if all noncovered earnings were classified as wages under Social Security regulations. An additional feature includes a supplementary monthly payment for individuals whose benefits are reduced due to the WEP, set at $100 for eligible recipients and $50 for others receiving benefits based on an eligible individual’s income. This aims to minimize the financial impact for those affected by WEP reductions.
