Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on May 16, 2005. The 2005 session has ended.
2005 Regular Session
Senate Bill 849
AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To establish a rebuttable presumption that emergency rescue or public safety personnel who contract hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis or tuberculosis from their employment are eligible for workers' compensation benefits as long as they meet certain requirements; and to extend workers' compensation coverage to state and local police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians when they respond to emergencies outside their regular work hours.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
In the House of Representatives
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 24 to May 16, 2005, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action17 actions on 11 days
In the SenateJan 24 to May 16 · stopped112 days
Labor and Public Employees CommitteeJan 24 to Mar 2257 days
Judiciary CommitteeApr 20 to Apr 266 days
Appropriations CommitteeMay 11 to May 16 · stopped5 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Jan 24 – May 16
- Jan 24Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Feb 25Heard in Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Mar 22Labor and Public Employees Committee recommended a substitute for it
- Apr 20Sent to Judiciary Committee
- Apr 26Judiciary Committee recommended it
- May 11Sent to Appropriations Committee
- May 16A motion to recommend it failed
All 17 actions, as published
- Jan 24REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 25PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 22Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
- Mar 23FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 30REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 5FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 5SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Apr 5FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 20REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- Apr 26Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Apr 27FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Apr 27RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 27NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
- Apr 27FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- May 11REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- May 16MOTION FAILEDSenate