---
type: "Bill"
title: "Officer and Firefighter Physical Examination Requirements and Records"
description: "Officer and Firefighter Physical Examination Requirements and Records; Authorizes use of specified physical examination for presumption; requires fire service provider to maintain records of employee physical examinations for specified period; creates presumption if records are destroyed before that period has elapsed; requires employing agency to maintain records of employee physical examinations for specified period; creates presumption if records are destroyed before period has elapsed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 453"
citation: "Florida HB 453 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["criminal procedure and corrections", "public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-114"
primary_sponsors: ["Byrd", "Duggan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-11-02"
last_action: "2022-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/392c8d63-de55-4492-b70a-ef6bc1e9795e"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/453/ByCategory"
source_hash: "fb0a6dbf2bcab2f96d8c1e6f541defc0c3d413a2e55a27308106688c3b6da0b9"
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 453 (2022) — Officer and Firefighter Physical Examination Requirements and Records

Officer and Firefighter Physical Examination Requirements and Records; Authorizes use of specified physical examination for presumption; requires fire service provider to maintain records of employee physical examinations for specified period; creates presumption if records are destroyed before that period has elapsed; requires employing agency to maintain records of employee physical examinations for specified period; creates presumption if records are destroyed before period has elapsed.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-114.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 453 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/453/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 453 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/453/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 453 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/453/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Appropriations Committee) — **25–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Amendment(s) (Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Quorum, Third Reading — **108–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Byrd — primary (person)
- Criminal Justice and Public Safety Subcommittee — primary (organization)
- Duggan — primary (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-02** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-10** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-10** Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-10** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-10** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-10** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-14** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-19** Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-21** PCS added to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-25** Favorable with CS by Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-26** Reported out of Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
- **2022-01-26** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-01-26** CS Filed
- **2022-01-26** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-01-28** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Now in Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-07** Added to Appropriations Committee agenda
- **2022-02-09** Favorable by Appropriations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Reported out of Appropriations Committee
- **2022-02-09** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-15** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2022-02-17** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2022-02-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-04** Substituted for CS/SB 1736
- **2022-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** CS passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** In Messages
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-12** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-12** Chapter No. 2022-114

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/392c8d63-de55-4492-b70a-ef6bc1e9795e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).