Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Labor and Public Employees Committee on January 28, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 5959
AN ACT CLASSIFYING DISPATCHERS AS FIRST RESPONDERS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To accurately match the duties of 9-1-1 dispatchers to the title of First Responder, so dispatchers receive necessary training and proper benefits.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
44 co-sponsors
Christine Conley, Michael A. Winkler, Anne M. Hughes, Mitch Bolinsky, Patrick S. Boyd, David Michel, Philip L. Young III, Jane M. Garibay, Jennifer Leeper, Julio A. Concepcion, Kara Rochelle, Josh Elliott, John "Jack" F. Hennessy, John K. Hampton, Frank Smith, Maria P. Horn, Mary M. Mushinsky, Gary A. Turco Jr., Edwin Vargas, Donna Veach, Jonathan Steinberg, Mary Welander, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Brian T. Smith, Cristin McCarthy Vahey, Joseph P. Gresko, Kenneth Gucker, Michael D. Quinn, Travis Simms, Juan R. Candelaria, Michael A. DiMassa, Caroline Simmons, Anthony L. Nolan, Greg S. Howard, Amy Morrin Bello, William A. Petit Jr., M.D., Rick L. Hayes, Michael DiGiovancarlo, Jill Barry, Geraldo C. Reyes Jr., Tammy Nuccio, Ben McGorty, Bill Buckbee, Minnie Gonzalez
In the Senate
6 co-sponsors
Catherine A. Osten, James J. Maroney, Will Haskell, Derek Slap, Marilyn V. Moore, Saud Anwar
Its course
January 28 to January 28, 2021, 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 action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 28 to Jan 28 · stopped0 days
Labor and Public Employees CommitteeJan 28 to Jan 28 · stopped0 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 House of Representatives Jan 28
- Jan 28Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 28REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses