CHAPTER 206
SB 71-FN - FINAL VERSION
4May2023... 1521h
06/29/2023 2236EBA
2023 SESSION
23-0848
09/04
SENATE BILL 71-FN
AN ACT relative to workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 25; Rep. Read, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows for workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease of all types.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4May2023... 1521h
06/29/2023 2236EBA 23-0848
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to workers' compensation for firefighter cancer disease.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
206:1 Worker's Compensation; Firefighter and Heart, Lung, or Cancer Disease. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 281-A:17, II to read as follows:
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 281-A:2, XI and XIII, 16 and 27, there shall exist a prima facie presumption that cancer disease in a firefighter, whether a regular, call, volunteer, or retired member of a fire department, is occupationally caused. [In order to receive occupational cancer workers' compensation, the type of cancer involved must be a type which may be caused by exposure to heat, radiation, or a known carcinogen, as defined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.] However:
206:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: August 04, 2023
Effective Date: August 04, 2023
Date | Amendment |
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April 27, 2023 | 2023-1521h |
July 7, 2023 | 2023-2236EBA |
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 25, 2023 | Senate | Hearing |
Senate | Floor Vote | |
April 12, 2023 | House | Hearing |
April 26, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
April 26, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
April 26, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
Aug. 9, 2023: Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0206; Effective 08/04/2023
July 18, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20
July 19, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18
July 18, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20
July 7, 2023: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2236e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20
July 10, 2023: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2236e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 16
July 7, 2023: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2236e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/29/2023); SJ 20
June 1, 2023: Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
May 4, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1521h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 8
May 4, 2023: Amendment # 2023-1521h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 9
April 27, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1521h 04/26/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC)
April 19, 2023: Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
April 20, 2023: ==CONTINUED== Subcommittee Work Session: 04/26/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
April 20, 2023: ==RECESSED== Subcommittee Work Session: 04/25/2023 10:00 am LOB 302-304
April 19, 2023: Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
April 4, 2023: Public Hearing: 04/12/2023 11:00 am LOB 306-308
March 20, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration
Feb. 9, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
Jan. 25, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 02/09/2023; SC 9
Jan. 19, 2023: Hearing: 01/25/2023, Room 103, SH, 10:00 am; SC 7
Jan. 18, 2023: Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4