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HB 117: Communicable and Infectious Diseases

GENERAL BILL by Fetterhoff ; Omphroy ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Caruso ; Casello ; Daley ; Diamond ; Killebrew ; LaMarca ; McCurdy ; Morales ; Rizo ; Tant ; Willhite ; Williams ; Woodson

Communicable and Infectious Diseases; Provides presumption to specified workers that impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or infectious disease happened in line of duty; requires certain actions in order to be entitled to presumption; requires emergency rescue or public safety workers to file incident or accident report under certain conditions.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/16/2021 House • Filed
9/29/2021 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to Appropriations Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Government Operations Subcommittee