---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters' Relief and Pension Fund of the City of Pensacola, Escambia County"
description: "Firefighters' Relief and Pension Fund of the City of Pensacola, Escambia County; Removes reductions to a retiree's spousal benefits & the prohibition of remarriage for the widow or widower; provides for pensionable overtime hours & basic life support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1189"
citation: "Florida HB 1189 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-249"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrade", "Salzman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8097556b-6878-4f32-964f-f682e98e46a7"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1189/ByCategory"
source_hash: "611c7d4fe15750db675d58d15eb93e8366c79fd913e8432b88c4882162cc2d4e"
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 HB 1189 (2022) — Firefighters' Relief and Pension Fund of the City of Pensacola, Escambia County

Firefighters' Relief and Pension Fund of the City of Pensacola, Escambia County; Removes reductions to a retiree's spousal benefits & the prohibition of remarriage for the widow or widower; provides for pensionable overtime hours & basic life support.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-249.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1189 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1189/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1189 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1189/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Local Bills — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrade — primary (person)
- Salzman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Now in Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-14** Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
- **2022-01-19** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-01** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-03** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-03** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-03** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-04** Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by State Affairs Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-08** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-08** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/24/2022)
- **2022-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** In Messages
- **2022-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Local Calendar, 03/10/22
- **2022-03-10** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-10** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** In Messages
- **2022-03-10** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-29** Chapter No. 2022-249

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8097556b-6878-4f32-964f-f682e98e46a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).