HB30 Alabama 2015 Session
Signed by Governor
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Firefighters, law enforcement officers, families eligible to receive death benefit as if the person died in the line of duty, resubmission of denied applications and extension of statute of limitations, Sec. 36-30-2 am'd.
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, firefighters and law
enforcement peace officers are eligible for
compensation for death or disability from certain
occupational diseases</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide that the families of
a firefighter or law enforcement peace officer who
currently serves or previously served and dies as a
result of an occupational disease are eligible to
receive the state death benefit as if the
firefighter or law enforcement peace officer died
in the performance of his or her duties</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would further provide that any
application for the state death benefit that was
submitted after April 29, 2010, and was denied
because the decedent was not employed as a
firefighter or law enforcement peace officer on the
date of death may be resubmitted within six months
of this bill becoming law and the awarding
authority is permitted to reconsider and to grant
the application</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 36-30-2, Code of Alabama 1975,
relating to firefighters and law enforcement peace officers;
to provide that the families of a firefighter or law
enforcement peace officer who currently serves or previously
served and dies as a result of an occupational disease are
eligible to receive the state death benefit as if the
firefighter or law enforcement peace officer died in the
performance of his or her duties; and to further provide that
any application for the state death benefit that was submitted
after April 29, 2010, and was denied because the decedent was
not employed as a firefighter or law enforcement peace officer
on the date of death may be resubmitted within six months of
this bill becoming law and the awarding authority is permitted
to reconsider and to grant the application.
</p>
Subjects
Firefighters
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2015 | H | Delivered to Governor at 10:24 a.m. on May 21, 2015. |
| May 21, 2015 | H | Assigned Act No. 2015-257. |
| May 21, 2015 | H | Clerk of the House Certification |
| May 21, 2015 | S | Signature Requested |
| May 19, 2015 | H | Enrolled |
| May 19, 2015 | H | Passed Second House |
| May 19, 2015 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1013 |
| May 19, 2015 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| April 28, 2015 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| April 14, 2015 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs |
| April 14, 2015 | H | Engrossed |
| April 14, 2015 | H | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 366 |
| April 14, 2015 | H | Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 365 |
| April 14, 2015 | H | Treadaway Amendment Offered |
| April 14, 2015 | H | Third Reading Passed |
| March 18, 2015 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| March 3, 2015 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government |
Bill Calendar
| Type | Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearing | April 21, 2015 | Room 727 at 13:00 | Senate GA Hearing |
| Hearing | March 18, 2015 | Room 428 at 14:30 | House SG Hearing |
| Hearing | March 18, 2015 | STAR WARS, Room 807 at 14:30 | House SG Hearing |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | HB30 Alabama 2015 Session - Introduced |
| Bill Text | HB30 Alabama 2015 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | HB30 Alabama 2015 Session - Enrolled |