Florida SB 872: Young Farmers and Ranchers

Bill Text

872 
Division of State Fire Marshal 
2025-12-10T11:17:08Z 
Requiring the Division of State Fire Marshal to accept requirements for training and certification of firefighters from another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; requiring the division to make a specified finding before denying a firefighter certificate; requiring the division to adopt certain rules relating to contaminated personal protective equipment and firefighting gear, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 872 

 By Senator Burgess 

 23-01327-26 2026872__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Division of State Fire Marshal; 
 3 amending s. 633.408, F.S.; requiring the Division of 
 4 State Fire Marshal to accept requirements for training 
 5 and certification of firefighters from another 
 6 jurisdiction under certain circumstances; requiring 
 7 the division to make a specified finding before 
 8 denying a firefighter certificate; defining the term 
 9 “basis certificate”; amending ss. 633.508 and 633.520, 
 10 F.S.; requiring the division to adopt certain rules 
 11 relating to contaminated personal protective equipment 
 12 and firefighting gear; providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 633.408, Florida 
 17 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (10) is added to that 
 18 section, to read: 
 19 633.408 Firefighter and volunteer firefighter training and 
 20 certification.— 
 21 (2) Except as provided in subsection (10), courses under 
 22 subsection (1) may only be administered by education or training 
 23 providers approved by the division pursuant to s. 633.128(1)(c) 
 24 and taught by instructors certified pursuant to s. 
 25 633.128(1)(d). 
 26 (10) If the division determines that another state’s 
 27 training and certification requirements or examinations are 
 28 substantially equivalent or more stringent than those required 
 29 under this chapter, the division must accept such substantially 
 30 similar training and certification for certification in this 
 31 state. Before the division may deny a certificate under this 
 32 section, the division must make a finding that the basis 
 33 certificate in another jurisdiction is substantially equivalent 
 34 to or is otherwise insufficient for certification in this state. 
 35 As used in this subsection, the term “basis certificate” means 
 36 the certificate or training requirements of another jurisdiction 
 37 which are used to meet the requirements for certification in 
 38 this state. 
 39 Section 2. Present paragraph (c) of subsection (7) of 
 40 section 633.508, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph 
 41 (d), and a new paragraph (c) is added to that subsection, to 
 42 read: 
 43 633.508 Workplace safety; rulemaking authority; division 
 44 authority.— 
 45 (7) The division shall adopt rules relating to all of the 
 46 following: 
 47 (c) Prohibiting firefighter employers from requiring that 
 48 their firefighter employees take their personal protective 
 49 equipment or firefighting gear home if such equipment or gear is 
 50 contaminated. 
 51 Section 3. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (2) of 
 52 section 633.520, Florida Statutes, to read: 
 53 633.520 Safety; firefighter employer responsibilities.— 
 54 (2) The division shall adopt rules to establish: 
 55 (c) Employers’ best practices related to contaminated 
 56 personal protective equipment or firefighting gear. 
 57 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.