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SB 330 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Disability Provisions for Firefighters and Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers

Summary
Disability Provisions for Firefighters and Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Defining the terms “employing agency” and “heart disease”; providing that a certain previously conducted physical examination satisfies a requirement for a presumption; authorizing law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional probation officers, under a specified condition, to use a physical examination from a former employer for the purpose of claiming a specified presumption, etc.
Issues: ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill enables firefighters/law enforcement to use prior physical exams for disability claims, strengthening access to employment-related benefits under specific conditions.90% confidence
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026
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What changed between versions

S 330 c1 → S 330 c2 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was updated to reflect a new committee substitute version, changing the responsible committees from only Community Affairs to include Appropriations. The substantive policy change involves the eligibility criteria for using a former employer's medical exam; the requirement for current officers to have 'not undergone' a preemployment exam was changed to 'was not required to undergo' one, potentially expanding the number of officers who can use prior exams to claim disability presumptions.
Scope change
The bill's scope of applicability was expanded by changing the eligibility condition for current law enforcement and correctional officers from having never taken a preemployment exam to having not been required to take one.
ELIGIBILITY

Changed the condition for using a former employer's medical exam from requiring that the officer 'did not undergo' a preemployment exam to 'was not required to undergo' one, which may allow more officers to qualify.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the header to reflect that the bill is now a Committee Substitute 2, involving both the Appropriations and Community Affairs committees instead of just Community Affairs.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2026

How they voted

39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2026
D Democratic11
11 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican28
27 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/02/26, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 8, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/13/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
upper
Nov 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Jennifer Bradley
RRepublican
FL
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