---
type: "Bill"
title: "Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises"
description: "Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises; Providing that a firefighter and his or her spouse and dependent children are eligible for certain insurance coverage if the firefighter is totally and permanently disabled during an official training exercise; providing a declaration of an important state interest, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1202"
citation: "Florida SB 1202 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2025-72"
primary_sponsors: ["McClain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaa9caa1-c4e3-42fb-8cc1-aeef73daca81"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/ByCategory"
source_hash: "b675211ba0119f4d9806faabb3ac8a644c017a0d4df80613b57fa2281c966977"
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 1202 (2025) — Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises

Benefits for Firefighters Injured During Training Exercises; Providing that a firefighter and his or her spouse and dependent children are eligible for certain insurance coverage if the firefighter is totally and permanently disabled during an official training exercise; providing a declaration of an important state interest, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2025-72.

## Version chain

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

1. **S 1202 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 1202 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/c1/HTML)
3. **S 1202 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1202/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Governmental Oversight and Accountability — primary (organization)
- McClain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-03** Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/11/25, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
- **2025-03-11** Favorable by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
- **2025-03-20** On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- **2025-03-25** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- **2025-03-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- **2025-03-26** Now in Appropriations
- **2025-03-26** CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
- **2025-03-28** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2025-03-31** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled
- **2025-04-02** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2025-04-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediately certified
- **2025-04-09** In Messages
- **2025-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025)
- **2025-04-28** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** CS passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-22** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-23** Chapter No. 2025-72

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaa9caa1-c4e3-42fb-8cc1-aeef73daca81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).