# Florida SB 1202: Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises

Florida SB 1202, Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Stan McClain (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-23 (Chapter No. 2025-72); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1202-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1202
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-25
- Last action: 2025-05-23, Chapter No. 2025-72
- Sponsor: Stan McClain (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Appropriation, Community Affairs, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Appropriations, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (184 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Paid health premiums for injured firefighters: benefit, high. Beginning July 1, 2025, full-time firefighters qualify for employer-paid health premiums after a catastrophic injury during official training. The injury must occur on or after January 1, 1995, and cause total and permanent disability. Employers pay the entire basic health-plan premium for the fire…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Stan McClain (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 116 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 36 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | Senate | Community Affairs Vote | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2025-05-23: Chapter No. 2025-72
- 2025-05-22: Approved by Governor
- 2025-05-16: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-29: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-29: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-09: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-09: Immediately certified -SJ 392 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 386 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 3rd time -SJ 386 (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read 2nd time -SJ 386 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2025-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/er/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-25: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1202-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).