Public safety officer death benefits.
Summary
Increases, from $150,000 to $225,000, the special death benefit for certain public safety officers, certain motor carrier inspectors, certain special police employees, members of the 1925 police pension fund, the 1937 firefighters' pension fund, the 1953 police pension fund, and the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund who die in the line of duty after June 30, 2020. Provides that the board shall determine contributions and contribution rates for individual employers or for a group of employers necessary to adequately maintain the special death benefit fund. Provides that, for certain police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services providers, the cost of the coverage is in addition to the contribution determined by the board.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Mar 4, 2020
Signed Mar 18, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2020 · House Jan 30, 2020
How they voted
41–0
Passed
Total votes 41
Mar 3, 2020
D
Democratic8
100% Yea
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Mar 18, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Amended
House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 318: yeas 82, nays 0
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Motion to concur filed
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Amended
Returned to the House with amendments
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (41-0)
senate
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Committee
Referred to the Senate
lower
Jan 30, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (82-0-10)
house
Jan 29, 2020
Amended
Amendment #1 (Goodin) failed; Roll Call 116: yeas 37, nays 57
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
3 primary · 11 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blake Doriot
RRepublican
P
Chuck Goodrich
RRepublican
P
Phil Boots
RRepublican
Co
Chris Garten
RRepublican
Co
David Niezgodski
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Harris
DDemocratic
Co
Heath VanNatter
RRepublican
Co
J.D. Ford
DDemocratic
Co
Jack E. Sandlin
RRepublican
Co
Jim Buck
RRepublican
Co
Jon Ford
RRepublican
Co
Lonnie Randolph
DDemocratic
Co
Randy Frye
RRepublican
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