# Florida SB 984: Firefighter Cancer Benefits

Florida SB 984, Firefighter Cancer Benefits, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Nick DiCeglie (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-26 (Chapter No. 2026-99); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB984-2026
- As of: 2026-10-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 984
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Firefighter Cancer Benefits
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-19
- Last action: 2026-05-26, Chapter No. 2026-99
- Sponsor: Nick DiCeglie (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Community Affairs, Governmental Oversight and Accountability, Appropriations, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (218 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Firefighter death benefits extend beyond leaving work: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2026, former employers must provide eligible Florida firefighters’ beneficiaries with cancer-related death benefits after employment ends. The firefighter must die within one year of leaving, from cancer or circumstances arising from cancer treatment. The firefighter must have met…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nick DiCeglie (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations
- Cosponsor: Governmental Oversight and Accountability

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-11 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-09 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 109 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-26 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Governmental Oversight and Accountability Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Community Affairs Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (37)

- 2026-05-26: Chapter No. 2026-99
- 2026-05-22: Approved by Governor
- 2026-05-21: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-11: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 820 (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (761459) -SJ 820 (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-09: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-09: Amendment 761459 adopted (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-05: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/9/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-26: In Messages (House)
- 2026-02-26: Immediately certified -SJ 463 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 455 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 3rd time -SJ 455 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Read 2nd time -SJ 455 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26 (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-07: Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-12-19: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-07-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/er/PDF)
- e1, 2026-03-11: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c2, 2026-02-20: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-02-12: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-12-19: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/984/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB984-2026 (as of 2026-10-13).