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HB0813 • 2026

Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Budget Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
State Affairs Committee ; Budget Committee ; Busatta ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Alvarez, J. ; Barnaby ; Basabe ; Berfield ; Blanco ; Conerly ; Grow ; Holcomb ; López, J. ; Partington ; Plakon ; Rosenwald ; Salzman ; Sapp ; Stark ; Tendrich ; Valdés ; Yarkosky
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
House - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 984
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Firefighter Cancer Benefits

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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350891

Committee amendment H 813 Filed • Busatta

Adopted without Objection 2/24/2026

Plain English: COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • HB 813 (2026) Amendment No.
  • 350891 - h0813-StrikeAll-Busatta.docx Published On: 2/23/2026 5:06:33 PM Page 1 of 2 COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION ADOPTED (Y/N) ADOPTED AS AMENDED (Y/N) ADOPTED W/O OBJECTION (Y/N) FAILED TO ADOPT (Y/N) WITHDRAWN (Y/N) OTHER Committee/Subcommittee hearing bill: Budget Committee 1 Representative Busatta offered the following: 2 3 Amendment (with title amendment) 4 Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: 5 Section 1.
  • Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 6 112.1816, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 112.1816 Firefighters; cancer diagnosis.— 8 (4) 9 (c) Firefighters who die as a result of cancer or 10 circumstances that arise out of the treatment of cancer are 11 considered to have died in the manner as described in s.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 House

    • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 984

  2. 2026-03-02 House

    • Bill referred to House Calendar • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. 2026-02-27 House

    • Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed

  4. 2026-02-26 House

    • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee

  5. 2026-02-24 House

    • Favorable with CS by Budget Committee • Reported out of Budget Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) • PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda

  6. 2026-02-20 House

    • Added to Budget Committee agenda

  7. 2026-01-21 House

    • Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee • Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee • Now in Budget Committee

  8. 2026-01-16 House

    • Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

  9. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  10. 2026-01-05 House

    • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to Budget Committee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  11. 2025-12-17 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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CS/CS/HB 813 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to firefighter cancer benefits; 2
amending s. 112.1816, F.S.; requiring a former 3
employer to provide death benefits to certain 4
beneficiaries for a specified time period under 5
certain circumstances; providing a finding and 6
declaration of important state interest; providing an 7
effective date. 8
9
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
11
Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 12
112.1816, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13
112.1816 Firefighters; cancer diagnosis.— 14
(4) 15
(c) Firefighters who die as a result of cancer or 16
circumstances that arise out of the treatment of cancer are 17
considered to have died in the manner as described in s. 18
112.191(2)(a), and all of the benefits arising out of such death 19
are available to the deceased firefighter's beneficiary. Such 20
death benefits must be made available by the former employer of 21
the firefighter for 1 year after the date on which the 22
firefighter terminated employment so long as the firefighter 23
otherwise met the criteria specified in this subsection when he 24
or she terminated employment and was not employed as a 25

CS/CS/HB 813 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

firefighter after that date. 26
Section 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this 27
act fulfills an important state interest. 28
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 29