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HB 629: Workers' Compensation for First Responders

GENERAL BILL by Asencio ; Mercado ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Slosberg ; Smith

Workers' Compensation for First Responders; Revises burden of proof to demonstrate mental or nervous injury involving first responders for workers' compensation claims; provides that benefits may be paid even if there is no physical injury.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 376 (Ch. 2018-124)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/13/2017 House • Filed
11/27/2017 House • Referred to Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee; Government Operations and Technology Appropriations Subcommittee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 56
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 56
3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 376 (Ch. 2018-124)