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Florida 2026

SB 984

Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 03:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
subject index
Introduced / first action
2025-12-19 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Firefighter Cancer Benefits; Requiring a former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for a specified time period under certain circumstances, etc.

Sponsors

  • Appropriations (primary), primary
  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability (primary), primary
  • DiCeglie (primary), primary
  • Smith, cosponsor
  • Arrington, cosponsor

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chapter No. 2026-99

  2. Approved by Governor

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  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

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  4. Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

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  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

    passage
  6. Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (761459)

  7. In returning messages

  8. CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0

    passage
  9. Read 3rd time

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  10. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  11. Amendment 761459 adopted

  12. Read 2nd time

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  13. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

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  14. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026)

  15. Bill referred to House Calendar

  16. In Messages

  17. Immediately certified

  18. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

    passage
  19. Read 3rd time

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  20. Read 2nd time

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  21. CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time

  22. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26

  23. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  24. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  25. CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

  26. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

  27. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  28. Now in Appropriations

  29. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  30. CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  31. On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

  32. Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

  33. Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

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  34. On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building

  35. Introduced

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  36. Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations

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  37. Filed

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