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Committee advances bill to raise long‑unchanged allowances for volunteer firefighters
Summary
Sponsors said HB 1048 would update a clothing and vehicle allowance for volunteer firefighters that has not changed since 1981; backers argued the measure helps rural emergency services and cited large taxpayer savings attributable to volunteers. The committee advanced the bill 7‑0.
Representative Novak asked the Homeland Security and Transportation Committee to advance House Bill 1048, saying volunteer firefighters are "the backbone" of community safety and that the state faces a crisis recruiting volunteers.
Novak told the committee the clothing and vehicle allowance for volunteers was last set in 1981 and should be increased; during questions he noted $100…
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