Introduced
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To require the state to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children under age 18 of a law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty which is comparable to the insurance the officer had in life.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To make the bill retroactive, so it includes any public safety officers who were killed in the line of duty after Oct. 1, 2003, and whose department did not provide this benefit to survivors.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 36 to 1 (details)
To require the state to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children under age 18 of a law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty which is comparable to the insurance the officer had in life. The bill is retroactive to include any public safety officers who were killed in the line of duty after Oct. 1, 2003, and whose department did not provide this benefit to survivors.
Referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental, Urban, and Regional Affairs
