HB 1328 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2365
12/10
HOUSE BILL 1328
AN ACT relative to public safety providers defined as essential services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill deems all first responders as providing essential services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2365
12/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to public safety providers defined as essential services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Homeland Security and Emergency Management; First Responders; Defined as Essential Services. Amend RSA 21-P:35, IX to read as follows:
IX. "First responders" means state, county, and local governmental and nongovernmental emergency public safety fire, law enforcement, public safety telecommunications or dispatcher, emergency response, emergency medical services providers including hospital emergency facilities, emergency management, public health, clinical care, public works, and other skilled support personnel, such as equipment operators, that provide immediate support services necessary to perform emergency management functions. First responders are essential services providers.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 21, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 3, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
March 28, 2024: Hearing: 04/03/2024, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 13
March 26, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 8
March 14, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA VV 03/14/2024 HJ 8
Feb. 29, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/21/2024 (Vote 16-0; CC)
Feb. 29, 2024: Executive Session: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
Feb. 7, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/21/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
Dec. 6, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 1