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HB 135 DE
Introduced

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LINE-OF-DUTY DISABILITY BENEFITS TO COVERED FIREFIGHTERS.

DE · session 151 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Mar 25, 2021

Latest action (Jun 8, 2021) Amendment HA 1 to HB 135 - Introduced and Placed With Bill

Summary

This Act expands the eligibility for Line-of-Duty disability benefits to all firefighters or emergency medical technicians (EMT) who are a member of a volunteer or municipal fire department in this State or a designated first responder, including firefighters and EMTs who are volunteers, partly paid or full-time employees, plus all fire service instructors or fire marshals employed by this State. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Sponsors (7)

  • John L. Mitchell · primary
  • Bruce C. Ennis · primary
  • William Bush Democratic · primary
  • William J. Carson Democratic · primary
  • Sherry Dorsey Walker · primary
  • Daniel B. Short Republican · primary
  • Stephen Smyk · primary
20 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (2)

  1. Mar 25, 2021 Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House · lower
  2. Jun 8, 2021 Amendment HA 1 to HB 135 - Introduced and Placed With Bill · lower

Text versions (2)

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  • Bill Text · HTML
  • Bill Text · PDF

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