Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Safety and Security Committee on January 17, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 5501
AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PHYSICAL ABILITY TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR FEMALE CANDIDATES FOR FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To allow for a more diverse class of candidates for firefighter positions at municipal and volunteer fire departments by recognizing that additional female candidates would qualify for such positions based on revised physical standards that offer an alternative to the fifty-pound simulated vest test component of the Candidate Physical Ability Test.
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
Chief co-sponsors
1 co-sponsor
In the Senate
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
1 co-sponsor
Its course
January 17 to January 17, 2023, 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 17 to Jan 17 · stopped0 days
Public Safety and Security CommitteeJan 17 to Jan 17 · 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 17
- Jan 17Introduced and sent to Public Safety and Security Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 17REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses