Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund (Senate) Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00
HB54 Alabama 2024 Session
Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB54 Alabama 2024 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2024
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Russell Bedsole RepresentativeRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2024
- Title
- Line of duty death benefit, expand to volunteer firefighters who die of cancer
- Description
Existing law provides compensation for paid firefighters who contract cancer on the job, but makes no similar provision for volunteer firefighters.
This bill would provide compensation to the survivors of a volunteer firefighter who dies of work-related cancer by making them eligible for the death benefit awarded by the State Board of Adjustment for first responders who die in the line of duty.
- Subjects
- Government Administration
Bill Actions
S
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
S
Reported Out of Committee Second House
S
Pending Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 88
H
Third Reading in House of Origin
H
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
H
Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
H
Pending House Ways and Means General Fund
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means General Fund
H
Prefiled
Calendar
Hearing
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Hearing
Finance and Taxation at 11:00:00
Hearing
House Ways and Means General Fund Hearing
Room 617 at 13:30:00
Bill Text
Votes
Passed House Of Origin
Yes
100
Abstained
1
Absent
2
Third Reading House of Origin
Yes
100
Abstained
1
Absent
2
Documents
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB54 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Bill Text (Introduced)
HB54 Alabama 2024 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Introduced
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note - As Passed First Chamber
Source: Alabama Legislature