2025 bills / H.B. 65
H.B. 65 Firefighter Cancer Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
According to the official description, this bill:
- defines terms
- expands the list of cancers that presumptively arise from service as a firefighter
- establishes requirements for the rebuttable presumption
- excludes respiratory cancers related to the use of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, or marijuana from the rebuttable presumption
- provides a cancer screening to the firefighter
- requires the fire department where a firefighter is working to cover the out-of-pocket cost of the cancer screening
- provides for the management of the cancer screening program
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Every vote
- 7 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/6/2025 4:05 PMWho voted how
- 8 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee: vote to approve it · 2/6/2025 4:05 PMWho voted how
- 66 yes, 0 no, 9 absentFinal House vote · 2/18/2025 10:54 AMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/25/2025 8:50 AMWho voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · 2/25/2025 8:55 AMWho voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/5/2025 11:36 AMWho voted how
- 74 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · 3/5/2025 2:58 PMWho voted how