15RS House Bill 156

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Last Action	to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to firefighters.
Bill Documents	Bill
Impact Statements	Fiscal Note Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	826
Sponsors	D. Butler, R. Benvenuti III, T. Couch, M. Denham, J. Donohue, K. Flood, J. Greer, M. Harmon, D. Horlander, R. Huff, J. Jenkins, M. King, R. Meyer, T. Mills, R. Nelson, R. Palumbo, J. Short, S. Westrom, A. Wuchner, B. Yonts, J. York
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 95A.262 to require the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education to pay for workers' compensation for paid and volunteer firefighters; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to create a presumption of an occupational disease under KRS Chapter 342 for firefighters who obtain cancer; provide that the rebuttable presumption exists if an firefighter is employed for five years or more, has not used tobacco products for ten years, and commission pays for the workers' compensation coverage; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2016.
Index Headings of Original Version	Fiscal Note - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as occupational disease Firefighters and Fire Departments - Workers' compensation, presumption of cancer as occupational disease Labor and Industry - Firefighters, workers' compensation, presumption of cancer as occupational disease Workers' Compensation - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as occupational disease Local Mandate - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as occupational disease
Votes	Vote History

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01/08/15	introduced in House
01/09/15	to Local Government (H)
02/03/15	reassigned to Labor & Industry (H) posted in committee
02/05/15	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/06/15	2nd reading, to Rules
02/09/15	recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
02/13/15	posted in committee
02/24/15	reported favorably, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 25, 2015
02/25/15	3rd reading, passed 96-2
02/26/15	received in Senate
03/02/15	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
03/04/15	reassigned to Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S)
03/10/15	taken from Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (S) to Committee on Committees (S)