---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders"
description: "Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 376"
citation: "Florida SB 376 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["taxation", "women", "office of", "emergency medical services", "fire prevention and control"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-124"
primary_sponsors: ["Book"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-10-02"
last_action: "2018-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afdd363-cc7f-4415-9ebf-06544a265576"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00376/ByCategory"
source_hash: "0e077b1b80cb9df9164eba592be953c2367e466fe93ed2f11440bead10de4c64"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 376 (2018) — Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-124.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 376 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/376/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 376 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/376/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 376 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/376/BillText/c2/HTML)
4. **S 376 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/376/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Book — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-10-02** Filed `filing`
- **2017-10-25** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-27** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 12/05/17, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2017-12-05** CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
- **2017-12-07** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2017-12-13** Now in Commerce and Tourism
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
- **2018-01-11** On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 01/16/18, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
- **2018-01-16** Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-17** Now in Appropriations
- **2018-02-22** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/18, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-27** CS/CS by Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
- **2018-02-28** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2018-02-28** Now in Rules
- **2018-02-28** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/01/18, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2018-02-28** CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
- **2018-03-01** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-01** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/02/18
- **2018-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** CS passed; YEAS 33 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-03** In Messages
- **2018-03-04** Referred to Calendar `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-04** Received
- **2018-03-05** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/HB 227
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-28** Chapter No. 2018-124

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3afdd363-cc7f-4415-9ebf-06544a265576`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).