CS/CS/SB 900 (2018) -  Firefighters

General Bill by Community Affairs and Governmental Oversight and Accountability (CO-SPONSORS) Flores
Firefighters: Granting certain benefits to a firefighter upon receiving a diagnosis of cancer if certain conditions are met; requiring an employer to make certain disability payments to a firefighter in the event of a total and permanent disability; providing for death benefits to a firefighter’s beneficiary if a firefighter died as a result of cancer or cancer treatments; specifying that any costs associated with benefits granted by the act are to be borne by the employer, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2018
Last Event: 03/10/18 S Died in Appropriations on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    • On agenda for: 01/30/18 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 02/13/18 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 695 Subject: Firefighters Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 2/13/2018 3:10:17 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 2/12/2018 10:31:25 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 1/30/2018 2:37:38 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 1/29/2018 9:04:21 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 360 Time: 02/15/2018 - 3:32 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Remaining references corrected to Appropriations -SJ 360 Time: 02/15/2018 - 3:32 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c2
Event: S Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Time: 02/15/2018 - 3:32 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 349 Time: 02/14/2018 - 5:00 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/13/2018 - 3:15 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 347 Time: 02/13/2018 - 12:36 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/13/18, 10:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building Time: 02/08/2018 - 4:17 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Now in Community Affairs -SJ 227 Time: 02/01/2018 - 3:48 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 232 Time: 01/30/2018 - 4:11 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/30/2018 - 2:46 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 227 Time: 01/30/2018 - 11:06 AM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/30/18, 10:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 01/25/2018 - 5:27 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 69 Time: 01/09/2018 - 8:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 69 Time: 12/04/2017 - 1:54 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/15/2017 - 9:04 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
112.1816 HB 695