Florida House Bill 143 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defines "firefighter"; establishes presumption as to firefighter's condition or impairment of health caused by certain types of cancer he or she contracts in line of duty; specifies criteria firefighter must meet to be entitled to presumption; requires employing agency to provide physical examination for firefighter; specifies circumstances under which presumption does not apply; provides for applicability; requires Legislature to review specified cancer research programs by certain date; provides for employer contribution rate increase to fund changes made by act; provides directive to Division of Law Revision & Information; provides declaration of important state interest.

Firefighters

Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen [R]	Rep. Matt Willhite [D]	Rep. Bruce Antone [D]	Rep. Robert Asencio [D]
Sen. Bryan Avila [R]	Rep. Halsey Beshears [R]	Rep. Kamia Brown [D]	Sen. Daniel Burgess [R]
Rep. Cord Byrd [R]	Rep. Chuck Clemons [R]	Rep. John Cortes [D]	Rep. Ben Diamond [D]
Rep. Jose Diaz [R]	Sen. Manny Diaz [R]	Rep. Byron Donalds [R]	Rep. Nicholas Duran [D]
Rep. Dane Eagle [R]	Rep. Katie Edwards [D]	Rep. Jason Fischer [R]	Rep. Joseph Geller [D]
Rep. Julio Gonzalez [R]	Sen. Joe Gruters [R]	Rep. Bill Hager [R]	Rep. Roy Hardemon [D]
Sen. Gayle Harrell [R]	Rep. Kristin Jacobs [D]	Rep. Chris Latvala [R]	Rep. Larry Lee [D]
Rep. Tom Leek [R]	Rep. Kionne McGhee [D]	Rep. George Moraitis [R]	Rep. Jared Moskowitz [D]
Rep. Wengay Newton [D]	Rep. Bobby Payne [R]	Rep. Mel Ponder [R]	Rep. Sharon Pritchett [D]
Rep. Holly Raschein [R]	Rep. David Richardson [D]	Rep. David Santiago [R]	Rep. David Silvers [D]
Rep. Emily Slosberg-King [D]	Rep. Richard Stark [D]	Rep. Jackie Toledo [R]	Rep. Clovis Watson [D]
Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams [D]	Rep. Jayer Williamson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-03-09	House	On Committee agenda-- Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, 03/13/17, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall -- Workshopped
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Government Accountability Committee
2017-01-04	House	Filed

S0158 (Same As) 2017-05-05 - Died in Community Affairs
S7030 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 7022 (Ch. 2017-88)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
112	1816		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/143
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0143/BillText/Filed/PDF