Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 1385
First responders; declare certain diseases and conditions as work-related and entitling worker to benefits.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A FIRST RESPONDER WHO HAS COMPLETED A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE IS UNABLE TO PERFORM HIS REGULAR DUTIES DUE TO CANCER, THE CANCER MUST BE CLASSIFIED AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE CONNECTED WITH THE DUTIES OF THE FIRST RESPONDER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AFFECTED FIRST RESPONDER, OR HIS SURVIVORS, IS ENTITLED TO ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS GRANTED BY STATE LAW TO WHICH A PERSON SUFFERING AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY IS ENTITLED; TO PROVIDE THAT A DISEASE OF THE HEART OR LUNGS, CERTAIN HEARING LOSS, OR HEPATITIS B OR C THAT DEVELOPS IN A FIREFIGHTER OR POLICE OFFICER IS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY WORK PERFORMED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, AND THE EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS GRANTED BY STATE LAW TO WHICH A PERSON SUFFERING AN OCCUPATIONAL INJURY IS ENTITLED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
25 co-sponsors
Willie Bailey, Nick Bain, Donnie Bell, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Chris Brown, Lester Carpenter, Alyce G. Clarke, Oscar Denton, Robert Foster, Joey Hood, Steve Hopkins, Bill Kinkade, Carl Mickens, Patricia H. Willis, Charles Young, Jr., Tom Miles, Jay Hughes, Noah Sanford, Margaret Rogers, William Tracy Arnold, Brent Powell, Scott DeLano, Jody Steverson, Thomas U. Reynolds, Shane Barnett
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
InsuranceJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.