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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

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  • 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    3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration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

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  • HB 117, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 9/16/2021 at 11:05 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 774 Communicable and Infectious Diseases Gruters Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    H 53 Communicable and Infectious Diseases Fetterhoff, Omphroy Compare Last Action: 9/14/2021 H Withdrawn prior to introduction

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    112.181 Firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, correctional officers; special provisions relative to certain communicable diseases. Page 1 (pdf)

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