A Florida bill to provide workers' compensation to first responders struggling with post traumatic stress disorders is in jeopardy.

“It breaks my heart to think that this might happen," said Jessica Realin, who has been fighting for the bill. “It’s really sad to see how things play out in Tallahassee, how agendas get pushed around.”

Realin’s husband, Gerry, is an Orlando Police officer who suffers from PTSD after the Pulse attack last year.

While she was shocked to learn that first responders in Florida aren't covered by workers' compensation if they suffer from PTSD alone, she gained hope in February: Sen. Victor Torres, D-Orlando, introduced SB 1088, the bill seeking to amend the state's comp laws for PTSD-suffering first responders.

“For once, they feel like the state is taking notice of their pain and suffering and trying to make something happen," Realin said of her meetings with other first responders. "They said that for the first time they feel like they have hope, because before nobody would listen.”

Rep. Mike Miller, R-Orlando, sponsored the companion bill in the Florida House. But neither bills have moved past their first committees, with the legislative session ending in a month.

“I’m hoping that our bill will get a chance to be heard because it is the right thing to do," said Realin. She has been calling and emailing senators and representatives across the state, seeking support.

SB 1088 needs to move through four committees and subcommittees in the Senate in four weeks, which an aide for Torres said Monday is nearly impossible. Budget negotiations are also taking precedence.

FL Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, is in charge of the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, where the bill is currently waiting.

An aide for Flores says she supports the bill and would help shepherd it through the committees, but it has not been heard in the Florida House yet, and wants to see what happens there.

The bill needs to go through three committees and subcommittees in the Florida House.

If the bill dies this session, Torres plans to reintroduce it in the fall, resuming the same procedure next year.