Senate Bill 138

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Last Action recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Title AN ACT relating to firefighters.
Bill Documents Bill
Impact Statements Local Mandate
Bill Request Number 1262
Sponsors M. McGarvey, C. McDaniel, R. Alvarado, J. Bowen, T. Buford, J. Carpenter, D. Carroll, P. Clark, D. Harper Angel, G. Neal, R. Webb
Summary of Original Version Amend KRS 61.315 to create a presumption of a death in the line of duty and eligibility for a lump-sum death benefit for firefighters who obtain certain types of cancer; specify that the rebuttable presumption exists if an firefighter is employed for five years or more and has not used tobacco products for ten years.
Index Headings of Original Version Deaths - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty
Firefighters and Fire Departments - Presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty
Labor and Industry - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty of firefighters
Local Mandate - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty of firefighters
Proposed Amendments Senate Committee Substitute 1

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01/28/16
  • introduced in Senate
02/03/16
  • to State & Local Government (S)
02/10/16
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/11/16
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
02/16/16
  • taken from Rules
  • recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment Senate Committee Substitute 1
Impact Statements Fiscal Note
Local Mandate
Summary Clarify that the provision relating to the death benefit provided to firefighters affected by cancer is limited to certain types of cancer.
Index Headings Deaths - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty
Firefighters and Fire Departments - Presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty
Labor and Industry - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty of firefighters
Local Mandate - Firefighters, presumption of cancer as cause of death in the line of duty of firefighters

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