HB 857 (2019) -  Firefighters

General Bill by Willhite and Latvala (CO-SPONSORS) Alexander; Aloupis; Andrade; Antone; Ausley; Avila; Bell; Beltran; Brannan; Brown; Buchanan; Bush; Byrd; Caruso; Casello; Clemons; Cortes, J.; Daniels; Davis; Diamond; DiCeglie; Donalds; Drake; Driskell; DuBose; Duggan; Duran; Eskamani; Fernández; Fernandez-Barquin; Fischer; Fitzenhagen; Geller; Goff-Marcil; Good; Gottlieb; Gregory; Grieco; Hart; Hattersley; Hill; Hogan Johnson; Jacobs; Jacquet; Jenne; Jones; Joseph; La Rosa; LaMarca; Leek; McGhee; Mercado; Newton; Omphroy; Overdorf; Payne; Plasencia; Polo; Polsky; Ponder; Raschein; Robinson, W.; Rodriguez; Rodriguez, A. M.; Roth; Santiago; Silvers; Sirois; Slosberg-King; Smith, C.; Smith; Stark; Thompson; Toledo; Tomkow; Valdés; Watson, C.; Webb; Williams; Yarborough; Zika
Firefighters: Grants certain benefits to firefighter upon receiving diagnosis of cancer if certain conditions are met; requires employer to make certain disability payments to firefighter in event of total & permanent disability; provides for death benefits to firefighter's beneficiary if firefighter dies as result of cancer or cancer treatments; specifies that any costs associated with benefits granted by act must be borne by employer; requires Division of State Fire Marshal to adopt certain rules.
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
Last Event: Died in Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 426 (Ch. 2019-21) on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

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Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 7129 Subject: Firefighters Relationship: Similar
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 426 Subject: Firefighters Relationship: Compare

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 426 (Ch. 2019-21) Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/05/2019 - 11:28 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:39 AM Member: Committee: Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to State Affairs Committee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:39 AM Member: Committee: State Affairs Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Appropriations Committee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:39 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:39 AM Member: Committee: Oversight, Transparency & Public Management Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 02/15/2019 - 8:13 AM Member: Willhite Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
112.1816 CS/CS/SB 426, HB 951, SB 1240, HB 7129