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IntroducedDec 19, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 26, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Florida Senate Bill
Firefighter Cancer Benefits and Prevention; Revising conditions under which a specified one-time payment must be made by a former employer upon a firefighter’s cancer diagnosis; requiring a former employer to provide death benefits for a specified timeframe under certain circumstances; deleting the requirement for the Division of State Fire Marshal to adopt rules for establishing employer cancer prevention best practices, etc.
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Comments on SB 984
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- Feb 26, 2026 | House
- In Messages
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Read 2nd time
- Read 3rd time
- CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
- Immediately certified
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26
- Feb 20, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Now in Appropriations
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- Feb 06, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- Jan 27, 2026 | Senate
- Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- Jan 13, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
- Jan 07, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations
- Dec 19, 2025 | Senate
- Filed
Documents
- Bill Analysis -- Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) (1/26/2026 3:31 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) (1/28/2026 8:27 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) (2/10/2026 1:20 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) (2/12/2026 2:40 PM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) (2/17/2026 9:34 AM)
- Bill Analysis -- Appropriations (Post-Meeting) (2/20/2026 3:03 PM)

