2026 Regular Session
SB579
Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters
Requiring counties in which a volunteer fire company is located to offer no-cost preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines to volunteer firefighters volunteering and retired volunteer firefighters who volunteered with the volunteer fire company; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a certain annual examination or applying for a certain grant; requiring the volunteer fire companies to maintain a list of volunteer firefighters and retired volunteer firefighters; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 19, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
45 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
135 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 5 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
41 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 4 absent
Committee referrals
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 319
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Senate Passed Enrolled View roll call
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Senate Third Reading Passed (41-0) View roll call
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Senate Senate Concurs House Amendments
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House Third Reading Passed (135-0) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments {953725/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Health
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House Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Health
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Senate Third Reading Passed (45-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {403127/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
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Senate Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate First Reading Finance