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Subcommittee advances bill adding prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to Barry Brady Act
Summary
The Cities & Counties Subcommittee voted unanimously to move House Bill 482 to the next available State and Local Government calendar. The bill would add prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to the list covered under the Barry Brady Act, which creates a presumption for certain firefighter cancers in workers' compensation.
House Bill 482, sponsored by Chairman Hicks, advanced out of the Cities & Counties Subcommittee on March 5, 2025, by a 7-0 vote to the next available State and Local Government calendar. The bill would add prostate, breast and pancreatic cancers to the list of cancers covered by the Barry Brady Act.
Chairman Hicks, presenting the bill, said: "This legislation, House Bill 482, adds prostate, breast, and pancreatic cancers to the list of cancers included in the Barry Brady Act." The bill follows the 2019 Barry Brady Act, which creates a presumption that certain cancers and related conditions suffered by full‑time firefighters are work‑related for purposes of workers' compensation. The original act included non‑Hodgkin's lymphoma, colon cancer, skin cancer and multiple myeloma.
The measure drew no recorded questions before the roll call. The clerk reported 7 ayes and 0 nos; the subcommittee recorded that "the ayes prevail" and moved the bill to the next available calendar for State and Local Government.
After the vote, a committee member asked firefighters in the audience to stand and be recognized. The member noted Captain Don Dallenbach of the Hendersonville Fire Department, who had recently died of pancreatic cancer after more than 30 years of service.
The bill will now await scheduling on the committee's calendar for further consideration by the full State and Local Government committee.
