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CS/CS/SB 900: Firefighters

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Flores

Firefighters; Granting certain benefits to a firefighter upon receiving a diagnosis of cancer if certain conditions are met; requiring an employer to make certain disability payments to a firefighter in the event of a total and permanent disability; providing for death benefits to a firefighter’s beneficiary if a firefighter died as a result of cancer or cancer treatments; specifying that any costs associated with benefits granted by the act are to be borne by the employer, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/15/2017 Senate • Filed
12/4/2017 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 69
1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 69
1/25/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/30/18, 10:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
1/30/2018 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 227
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 232
2/1/2018 Senate • Now in Community Affairs -SJ 227
2/8/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/13/18, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
2/13/2018 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 347
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/14/2018 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 349
2/15/2018 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government
• Remaining references corrected to Appropriations -SJ 360
• Now in Appropriations -SJ 360
3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Appropriations