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Sponsor urges extension and increase to line-of-duty death benefit in House hearing
Summary
Representative Phil Amato presented House Bill 365 to extend and increase the state's line-of-duty death benefit for first responders, and witnesses from law-enforcement and emergency services groups testified in support.
Representative Phil Amato, sponsor of House Bill 365, told the committee the bill would address Missouri's line-of-duty death benefit for first responders and urged restoring or increasing the benefit. "It's the line of duty compensation for first responders killed," Amato said, noting a previous $25,000 benefit and the sponsor's goal of raising the amount "to a hundred".
Amato said the immediate, high-priority concern is the bill's sunset: the current authorization expires in June and would require an emergency clause to take effect if not extended. He…
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