HB 857: Firefighters
GENERAL BILL by Willhite; Latvala; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Alexander; Aloupis; Andrade; Antone; Ausley; Avila; Bell; Beltran; Brannan; Brown; Buchanan; Bush; Byrd; Caruso; Casello; Clemons; Cortes; Daniels; Davis; Diamond; DiCeglie; Donalds; Drake; Driskell; DuBose; Duggan; Duran; Eskamani; Fernandez; 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; Rodriguez, A.; Rodriguez, A.M.; Roth; Santiago; Silvers; Sirois; Slosberg; Smith, C.; Smith, D.; Stark; Thompson; Toledo; Tomkow; Valdes; 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.
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 426 (Ch. 2019-21)
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/15/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/28/2019 | House |
• Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 90 |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 90 |
| 5/3/2019 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Oversight, Transparency and Public Management Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 426 (Ch. 2019-21) |
