---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder"
description: "Workers' Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Provides that time for specified notice in certain cases is measured from time of qualifying event or diagnosis of disorder, rather than manifestation of disorder, whichever is later; provides that posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by correctional officer is compensable occupation disease; provides standard of proof; provides requirements for benefits offered to correctional officer for posttraumatic stress disorder; specifies when claim for posttraumatic stress disorder must be noticed; requires certain employing agencies to provide certain educational training; requires DFS to adopt rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 689"
citation: "Florida HB 689 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-148"
primary_sponsors: ["Fischer", "Giallombardo"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-11-22"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d372bf11-0885-45db-ae43-d1449b2c7aaf"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/689/ByCategory"
source_hash: "26bb621570fd2e97cb3ca903fcc7d3977e9a13c7fee366d5ef2c47364892740b"
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 689 (2022) — Workers' Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Workers' Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Provides that time for specified notice in certain cases is measured from time of qualifying event or diagnosis of disorder, rather than manifestation of disorder, whichever is later; provides that posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by correctional officer is compensable occupation disease; provides standard of proof; provides requirements for benefits offered to correctional officer for posttraumatic stress disorder; specifies when claim for posttraumatic stress disorder must be noticed; requires certain employing agencies to provide certain educational training; requires DFS to adopt rules.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-148.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 689 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/689/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 689 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/689/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 689 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/689/BillText/e1/PDF)
4. **H 689 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/689/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Government Operations Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Affairs Committee) — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fischer — primary (person)
- Giallombardo — primary (person)
- State Affairs Committee — primary (organization)
- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
- Borrero — cosponsor (person)
- Bush — cosponsor (person)
- Casello — cosponsor (person)
- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
- Duran — cosponsor (person)
- Fetterhoff — cosponsor (person)
- Gottlieb — cosponsor (person)
- Harding — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Killebrew — cosponsor (person)
- Latvala — cosponsor (person)
- Learned — cosponsor (person)
- Maney — cosponsor (person)
- Melo — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Nixon — cosponsor (person)
- Roth — cosponsor (person)
- Salzman — cosponsor (person)
- Slosberg-King — cosponsor (person)
- Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- Tant — cosponsor (person)
- Willhite — cosponsor (person)
- Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
- Zika — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-11-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Referred to State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-13** Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-18** Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-20** Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
- **2022-01-20** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-25** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-27** Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
- **2022-01-27** Now in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-04** Added to State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-02-08** Favorable by State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Reported out of State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2022-02-08** Now in State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-21** PCS added to State Affairs Committee agenda
- **2022-02-23** Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-23** Reported out of State Affairs Committee
- **2022-02-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2022-02-24** CS Filed
- **2022-02-24** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2022)
- **2022-02-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Amendment 088957 adopted
- **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 as amended; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Received
- **2022-03-08** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-08** Substituted for CS/SB 1066
- **2022-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** In Messages
- **2022-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-05-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Chapter No. 2022-148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d372bf11-0885-45db-ae43-d1449b2c7aaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).