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Votes at a glance: Feb. 3 joint Senate committee actions on pensions, firefighters, energy and fire protection
Summary
Committees voted on multiple bills in joint and committee hearings Feb. 3. Key outcomes: workers' compensation expansion for firefighters passed with amendments; several ERS housekeeping bills passed; deferred-retirement and certain governance bills were deferred; multiple bills were advanced with technical amendments.
The Senate Committees on Labor and Technology, Public Safety, Military & Veterans Affairs, and Energy & Intergovernmental Affairs took action Feb. 3 on a set of bills covering pensions, firefighters’ workers’ compensation, energy, wildfire protection and workforce training. Below are the items taken and committee recommendations recorded on the hearing record.
Votes and committee recommendations (summary):
- SB828 (workers' compensation medical benefits for firefighters): Committee recommended pass with amendments (Senate Draft 1) and a defective date of 07/01/2050. Vote recorded as adopted by the Labor & Technology and Public Safety & Military Affairs committees (chairs and named senators voted aye in the transcript).
- SB1383 (fire protection; transfers and insurance provisions): Committee recommended…
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