2003 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 963

File Code: Private Sector Labor and Industry Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 689
Sponsored By:
Delegate McHale
Entitled:
Firefighters and Emergency Medical Personnel - Procedural Guarantees

Synopsis:

Providing that firefighters and emergency medical personnel under interrogation or investigation have specified rights; specifying the procedure to be followed at interrogations or investigations of a firefighter or emergency medical personnel; clarifying that superintendents, commissioners, or fire chiefs of specified facilities retain the authority to regulate operation and management by reasonable means; and clarifying that supervisors retain the authority to resolve minor infractions by informal counseling.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/14
First Reading House Rules and Executive Nominations
2/28
Re-referred Appropriations
3/5
Hearing 3/18 at 2:30 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
DISCIPLINE
DISCLOSURE
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
FIRE PROTECTION
INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES
NOTICES
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES -see also- STATE EMPLOYEES
RECORDS -see also- LAND RECORDS; VITAL RECORDS
RESCUE SQUADS -see also- AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERV.
STATE EMPLOYEES
WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Labor and Employment
( 4-601 , 4-604 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered