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Panel adopts amendment to fund employee assistance program for volunteer firefighters, then moves HB1705 to interim study
Summary
The committee adopted amendment 0531H to HB1705 (inserted 'volunteer' and added a $114,000 appropriation), but members split on the bill's drafting and scope; after debate the committee voted to place HB1705 on interim study to refine language and implementation details.
The subcommittee voted to adopt amendment 2026-0531H to HB1705, a bill to extend employee assistance programs (EAPs) to volunteer firefighters, but later declined to advance the underlying bill and instead moved it to interim study.
Representative Sullivan, sponsor of the amendment, said the change inserts the word "volunteer" in two places to make clear the…
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