HB393
Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund; established.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
March 3, 2026
Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)
Chief Patron:
Alex Askew (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund established.
Creates the Firefighters Cancer Screening Grant Program and Fund to award grants to localities for costs incurred in providing certain cancer detection tests to firefighters. The bill provides that in any year that the amount of funds in the Firefighters Cancer Screening Fund reduces to zero and the Fund does ... (More) not receive a separate appropriation, the Grant Program and Fund shall expire. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103166D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/17/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement
- 02/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB393)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/13/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/13/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107943D-H1
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB393)
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)
