WV SB559 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-10 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-10 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to provide a rebuttable presumption that a professional firefighter who developed leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma arising out of and in the course of employment as a firefighter provided that the firefighter completed certain cancer screening, the firefighter worked in West Virginia as a firefighter for at least five years, the firefighter has not used tobacco products for ten years and is not over sixty-five years old.
Title
Relating to rebuttable presumption for firefighters' disability and death benefits for certain cancers
Sponsors
| Sen. Dan Foster [D] | Sen. Evan Jenkins [D] | Sen. Jeffrey Kessler [D] | Sen. Orphy Klempa [D] |
| Sen. Robert Plymale [D] | Sen. Ron Stollings [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-10 | To Judiciary | |
| 2012-02-10 | Introduced in Senate | |
| 2012-02-10 | To Judiciary | |
| 2012-02-10 | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
HB4535 (Similar To) 2012-02-15 - To House Judiciary
HB2006 (Similar To) 2012-01-11 - To House Judiciary
HB2006 (Similar To) 2012-01-11 - To House Judiciary
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
