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2024 SESSION

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HB 489 Fire Programs Fund; increases annual assessment used to fund.

Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Insurance; Fire Programs Fund; purposes. Provides that the portion of the Fire Programs Fund allocated to localities may be used for the additional purposes of (i) constructing, improving, or expanding fire station facilities, (ii) providing mental health resources, or (iii) hiring additional fire personnel and funding recruitment and retention programs. The bill also prohibits such funds from being used, except as provided, for the purposes of investments, operating expenses, debt repayment, taxes, or fees.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103291D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/08/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107326D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/08/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103291D
• 01/08/24  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 01/19/24  House: Referred from Public Safety by voice vote
• 01/19/24  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/23/24  House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
• 02/06/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/08/24  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107326D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/09/24  House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
• 02/09/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/24  House: Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/24  House: Read first time
• 02/12/24  House: Read second time
• 02/12/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107326D-H1
• 02/12/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB489H1
• 02/13/24  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/24  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/14/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/26/24  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/29/24  Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)