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SB 774: Communicable and Infectious Diseases

GENERAL BILL by Gruters ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Pizzo

Communicable and Infectious Diseases; Citing this act as the "Sergeant Justin White Act."; providing a presumption to specified workers that an impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or an infectious disease happened in the line of duty; requiring certain actions in order to be entitled to the presumption; requiring emergency rescue or public safety workers to file an incident or accident report under certain conditions, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (AEG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/2/2021 Senate • Filed
    11/16/2021 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations -SJ 50
    1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 50
    3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

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  • SB 774, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/2/2021 at 3:00 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 117 Communicable and Infectious Diseases Fetterhoff, Omphroy Identical Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee
    H 53 Communicable and Infectious Diseases Fetterhoff, Omphroy Compare Last Action: 9/14/2021 H Withdrawn prior to introduction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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