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Committee gives do-pass to study of volunteer emergency responder recruitment and retention
Summary
The Political Subdivisions Committee voted 12-0-1 to recommend House Bill 1311, which would direct a legislative management study into recruitment and retention of volunteer emergency responders after testimony that rural departments are strained by falling volunteer numbers.
The Political Subdivisions Committee voted 12-0-1 to give House Bill 1311 a "do pass" recommendation after hearing testimony that volunteer emergency responder rosters in parts of the state are shrinking and that longer response times and mutual-aid requests are becoming more common.
Representative Bernie Satrim, sponsor of House Bill 1311, told the committee the measure would fund a legislative management study into recruitment and retention of volunteer emergency responders. "A high percentage of the geography our state of our state's emergency needs are provided by our neighbors who volunteer to service in our time of most critical…
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