Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; increases vehicle registration fees.
Summary
Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund; funding for fire and emergency medical services. Increases the vehicle registration fee used to provide support for emergency medical services from $4.25 to $6.25 for each pickup or panel truck and each motor vehicle. The bill also creates the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Grant Fund to provide funding (i) to increase the number of firefighters and emergency medical services personnel to help communities meet industry minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate assistance and (ii) to purchase heavy apparatus necessary for fire and emergency medical services.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2024
Last action Nov 19, 2024
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (10-Y 3-N 2-A)
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 12, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 12, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24103963D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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