HB 813 Florida House · 2026 Regular Session

Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Summary

Firefighter Cancer Benefits; Requires former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for specified time period; provides finding & declaration of important state interest.

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 17, 2025 Last action Mar 9, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

H 813 c1 → H 813 c2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include a formal legislative finding and declaration of important state interest, clarifying the bill's purpose. The title was updated to remove the word 'prevention' to better reflect the bill's focus on benefits rather than prevention measures. The document structure was also expanded to include a new section for the declaration and a second page.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's intent was clarified by adding a formal declaration of state interest, but the substantive legal requirements for firefighter death benefits remain unchanged.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new Section 2 requiring the Legislature to find and declare that the act fulfills an important state interest.

SCOPE

Changed the bill title from 'firefighter cancer benefits and prevention' to 'firefighter cancer benefits' to remove the prevention aspect.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document header from 'CS/HB 813' to 'CS/CS/HB 813' and split the text across two pages.

Floor votes · House Feb 26, 2026

How they voted

24–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 27

Feb 26, 2026

D Democratic8

7 Yea 1

87% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 2, 2026

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Feb 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of State Affairs Committee

lower

Feb 26, 2026

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (24-0-3)

house

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in State Affairs Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Budget Committee

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Budget Committee

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Budget Committee agenda

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Budget Committee

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to State Affairs Committee

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Budget Committee

lower

Jan 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 18 co-sponsors