Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
S 2887 ensures that certain volunteer workers, including firefighters, first responders, emergency management volunteers, and registered health care personnel, receive the maximum workers' compensation benefit for work-related injuries or deaths, regardless of their outside job earnings. The bill removes the standard seven-day waiting period for these workers' claims. It specifically applies to volunteers in roles such as volunteer firefighters, ambulance drivers, forest fire fighters, and health care workers registered with the Emergency Health Care Provider Registry. This legislation clarifies and expands a 2019 court ruling requiring maximum benefits for volunteer firefighters without considering outside income.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2024
Last action Mar 3, 2025
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Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
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Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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