Bill Summary

HB 813 Firefighter Cancer Benefits (2026 Session)
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Sponsors
by Busatta Co Sponsors: Alvarez, J., Barnaby, Basabe, Berfield, Blanco, Conerly, Grow, Holcomb, López, Partington, Plakon, Rosenwald, Salzman, Sapp, Stark, Tendrich, Valdés, Yarkosky CS Sponsors: Budget Committee, State Affairs Committee
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Summary
Firefighter Cancer Benefits: Requires former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for specified time period; provides finding & declaration of important state interest. Effective Date: July 1, 2026
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committees of reference
   H Government Operations Subcommittee
   H Budget Committee
   H State Affairs Committee
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Actions
12/17/25
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Filed
01/05/26
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Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee; Budget Committee; State Affairs Committee
01/05/26
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Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
01/16/26
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On Committee agenda - Government Operations Subcommittee, 01/21/26, 1:00 pm, 404 H
01/21/26
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Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/21/26
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Now in Budget Committee
02/20/26
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On Committee agenda - Budget Committee, 02/24/26, 11:45 am, 17 H
02/24/26
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Favorable with CS by Budget Committee; 28 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/24/26
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
02/24/26
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Now in State Affairs Committee
02/24/26
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On Committee agenda - State Affairs Committee, 02/26/26, 8:00 am, 17 H - PCS
02/26/26
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Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee; 24 Yeas, 0 Nays
02/27/26
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Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
03/02/26
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
03/09/26
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Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/SB 984
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bill text & filed amendments
0813
Filed on 12/17/25
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Amendment 350891 DE
Busatta
Filed on 02/23/26
Adopted
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0813C1
Filed on 02/24/26
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Amendment 1000 PCS
State Affairs Committee
Filed on 02/24/26
Adopted
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0813C2
Filed on 02/27/26
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
112.1816
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