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Committee approves raising firefighters’ line-of-duty death benefit to $25,000 and increasing fund cap
Summary
Senate Bill 2,135, which raises the firefighters’ line-of-duty death benefit from $10,000 to $25,000 and increases the associated fund cap from $50,000 to $125,000, received a do-pass recommendation after testimony from the insurance department and fire service groups.
The House Industry, Business and Labor Committee recommended a do-pass on Senate Bill 2,135, a measure that would increase the state’s line-of-duty death benefit for firefighters from $10,000 to $25,000 and raise the fund ceiling that pays those benefits from $50,000 to $125,000.
Sen. Jerry Klein (District 14) introduced the measure and described it as an update to a law originally enacted in 2007. John Arnold, deputy insurance commissioner, told the committee the department reviewed the benefit after recent line-of-duty deaths and concluded the $10,000 benefit had eroded in value. “If that kept up with inflation, it would be valued a little over $15,000 in today’s money,” Arnold said, explaining the…
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