Fire Protection
Utah 2025 General Session
Wildfire Funding Amendments [HB-307]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Wildfire Funding Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael K. McKell
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/24/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes [HB-599]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the collective bargaining process between the State and uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before September 30 of the year in which the collective bargaining agreement will expire; and establishing a process of binding arbitration in the event of an impasse.
Sponsored by: Rep. Andrew C. Pruski
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 654 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Terminology and Obsolete References – Maryland State Firefighters Association and Related Terms [HB-580]
[Public Safety ]
Replacing obsolete references to the Maryland State Firemen's Association with references to the Maryland State Firefighters Association; and replacing related terminology.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay A. Jacobs
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 514 on 05/13/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Approp: Capital/supplemental/funds [HB-54]
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[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations, including capital appropriations and other appropriations; making reappropriations; making appropriations to capitalize funds; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Read The First Time - Referrals on 01/22/2025
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Alaska 34th Legislature
Approp: Operating Budget; Cap; Supp [HB-53]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; amending appropriations; making supplemental appropriations; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Signed Into Law 6/12 Chapter 10 Sla 25 on 06/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings [SB-436]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to study building code requirements for single-staircase buildings in the State and other states and analyze best practices when drafting building code requirements; requiring the Department to make legislative and regulatory recommendations for the purpose of increasing the affordable housing supply by reducing barriers to multifamily housing development; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff D. Waldstreicher
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 503 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Frederick County - Gaming - Acceptance of Credit as Payment [HB-510]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Frederick County - Gaming - Acceptance of Credit as Payment [SB-450]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event.
Sponsored by: Sen. Frederick County Senators
Hearing Canceled on 02/11/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety Officer - Performance of Duties - Death Benefits [SB-396]
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[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Veterans ]
Altering circumstances under which certain individuals are presumed to have died as a direct and proximate result of an injury sustained in the performance of duties for purposes of eligibility for death benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne C. Benson
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 573 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Public Safety Volunteers [SB-419]
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[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing, from $7,000 to $10,000, the amount of a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax for an individual who is a qualifying public safety volunteer for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2024.
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael A. Jackson
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Carroll County - Public Facilities Bond [SB-416]
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[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing and empowering the County Commissioners of Carroll County to borrow not more than $36,900,000 in order to finance the construction, improvement, or development of certain public facilities in Carroll County and to effect such borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or private sale of its general obligation bonds; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Carroll County Senators
Hearing Canceled on 01/30/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) [HB-459]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a no-cost annual examination or applying for a grant to pay for certain cancer screening technologies; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement; and requiring the Maryland Health Commission to conduct a certain study.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 655 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Maryland Department of Labor - Study on Building Code Requirements for Single-Staircase Buildings [HB-489]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Labor to study building code requirements for single-staircase buildings in the State and other States and analyze best practices when drafting building code requirements; requiring the Department to make legislative and regulatory recommendations for the purpose of increasing the affordable housing supply by reducing barriers to multifamily housing development; and requiring the Department to report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2026.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marvin E Holmes
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 504 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Counties - Cancer Screening for Professional Firefighters - Required Coverage (James "Jimmy" Malone Act) [SB-374]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requiring counties that offer self-insured employee health benefit plans to provide to firefighters employed by the county coverage for preventive cancer screenings in accordance with certain guidelines; authorizing a county to satisfy the requirement by providing a certain annual examination or applying for a certain grant; prohibiting counties from imposing a copayment, coinsurance, or deductible requirement on the coverage; and requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to conduct a certain study and report by December 1, 2028.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 656 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
State Personnel - BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department - Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Processes [SB-373]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
Altering the collective bargaining process between the State and uniformed fire employees of the BWI Airport Fire and Rescue Department by requiring the parties to reach a collective bargaining agreement on or before September 30 of the year in which the collective bargaining agreement will expire; and establishing a process of binding arbitration in the event of an impasse.
Sponsored by: Sen. Pamela G Beidle
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 653 on 05/20/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Income Tax - Subtraction Modification - Retirement Income [HB-355]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Including income from certain retirement plans within a certain subtraction modification allowed under the Maryland income tax for certain individuals who are at least 65 years old or who are disabled or whose spouse is disabled; altering the maximum amount of the subtraction modification for certain taxable years; repealing a limitation on the maximum amount of the subtraction modification; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robin L. Grammer
First Reading Ways And Means on 01/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Law - Crimes of Malicious or Fraudulent Burning - Prohibitions and Penalties [SB-334]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from committing a certain crime of malicious or fraudulent burning that causes the death of or serious physical injury to a firefighter; and establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not to exceed 10 years.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Anthony Muse
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 190 on 04/22/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Climate Change - Attorney General Actions, Climate Change Restitution Fund, and Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council [HB-340]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Energy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Attorney General to investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend any suit or action that holds certain entities accountable for tortious or otherwise unlawful conduct that has contributed to climate change; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; establishing the Climate Change Restitution Fund Advisory Council to provide information to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the General Assembly on climate change and the distribution of the Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lorig Charkoudian
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/21/2025
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Utah 2025 General Session
Certificate of Death Amendments [HB-113]
[Public Health ]
Certificate of Death Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Bridger Bolinder
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Public Safety - Fuel Gas Piping Systems and Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing - Prohibitions and Study [HB-222]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Prohibiting the sale, offer for sale, transfer, or distribution of non-arc-resistant jacketed corrugated stainless steel tubing; providing a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for a violation of the Act; and requiring the Maryland Department of Labor and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, by September 1, 2026, to submit a final report to the Governor and certain committees of the General Assembly with recommendations related to preventing the fire hazards associated with commonly used fuel gas piping systems.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 385 on 05/06/2025