Provides pay per call and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel expense reimbursement for call response
Summary
Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend of a nominal fee for responses to calls and for certain standby services; includes volunteer firefighters within the labor law definition of "employee" of a federal, state or municipal government of political subdivision thereof; establishes the volunteer fire service nominal compensation assistance fund.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 28, 2026
Last action May 28, 2026
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Committee
1
May 28, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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