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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 813: Firefighter Cancer Benefits

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 813 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Firefighter Cancer Benefits. Primary sponsor: Demi Busatta (Republican), Budget Committee, State Affairs Committee. It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 984 (Ch. 2026-99).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Demi BusattaPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse114
Budget CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
State Affairs CommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jose AlvarezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Fabián BasabeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Kim BerfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Omar BlancoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse115
Bill ConerlyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
J.J. GrowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Jeff HolcombCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Bill PartingtonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Rachel PlakonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Mitch RosenwaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse98
Michelle SalzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Judson SappCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Paula StarkCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Debra TendrichCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Taylor YarkoskyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 984 (Ch. 2026-99)
  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  4. Bill referred to House Calendar
  5. CS Filed
  6. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
  7. Reported out of State Affairs Committee
  8. Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
  9. PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  10. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
  11. Now in State Affairs Committee
  12. Referred to State Affairs Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source