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Senate amends bill to expand $80,000 line‑of‑duty death benefit to more public servants
Summary
Senate committees recommended and the floor approved an amendment to S89 to extend the existing $80,000 death benefit (currently for firefighters) to law enforcement, corrections officers, frontline family services workers and certain clinical staff; committee votes were unanimous and the Senate ordered third reading.
Senator Vyhovsky, reporting for the Government Operations Committee, told the Senate that S89 would extend the $80,000 one‑time death benefit now available to firefighters to additional categories of public servants who die in the line of duty or from job‑related illness. He described the measure as an equity issue and said the committee voted 5‑0‑0 to support the change.
"What this bill proposes to do is grant them the same benefits if…
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