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Representative Paul Scott(R)
Representative Julia C. Howard(R)
Representative Steve Tyson(R)
Representative Cody Huneycutt(R)
Representative Ben T. Moss, Jr.(R)
Representative Amber M. Baker(D)
Representative Wyatt Gable(R)
Representative Dennis Riddell(R)
Representative Shelly Willingham(D)
Representative Larry W. Potts(R)
Representative Donnie Loftis(R)
Representative Bill Ward(R)
Representative Brian Biggs(R)
Representative Frank Iler(R)
Representative Jarrod Lowery(R)
Representative Jeff Zenger(R)
Representative Bryan Cohn(D)
Representative Pricey Harrison(D)
Representative Frances Jackson, PhD(D)
Representative Eric Ager(D)
Representative Neal Jackson(R)
Representative Howard Penny, Jr.(R)
Representative Rodney D. Pierce(D)
Representative Larry C. Strickland(R)
Representative Todd Carver(R)
Representative Mike Clampitt(R)
Representative Keith Kidwell(R)
Representative Deb Butler(D)
Representative Donna McDowell White(R)
Representative Jeffrey C. McNeely(R)
Representative Laura Budd(D)
Representative Brian Echevarria(R)
Representative Nasif Majeed(D)
Representative Tim Longest(D)
Representative Jennifer Balkcom(R)
Representative Jerry "Alan" Branson(R)
Representative Ray Pickett(R)
Representative Lindsey Prather(D)
Representative Renée A. Price(D)
Representative A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr.(R)
Representative Heather H. Rhyne(R)
Representative James Roberson(D)
Representative Mitchell S. Setzer(R)
Representative Phil Shepard(R)
Representative Charles Smith(D)
Representative Garland E. Pierce(D)
Representative Marcia Morey(D)
Representative Cynthia Ball(D)
Representative Allen Buansi(D)
Representative Robert T. Reives, II(D)
Representative Ya Liu(D)
Representative Allison A. Dahle(D)
Representative Carolyn G. Logan(D)
Representative Becky Carney(D)
Representative Jonathan L. Almond(R)
Representative Timothy Reeder, MD(R)
Representative Terry M. Brown Jr.(D)
Representative Mary Belk(D)
Representative Kanika Brown(D)
Representative Celeste C. Cairns(R)
Representative Maria Cervania(D)
Representative Mike Colvin(D)
Representative Ted Davis, Jr.(R)
Representative Julia Greenfield(D)
Representative Brandon Lofton(D)
Representative Amos L. Quick, III(D)
Representative Stephen M. Ross(R)
Representative Mike Schietzelt(R)
Representative Brian Turner(D)
Representative Julie von Haefen(D)
Representative Harry Warren(R)
Representative Matthew Winslow(R)
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Re-ref Com On AppropriationsHouse2025-03-26Reptd FavHouse2025-03-26Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2025-02-17Withdrawn From ComHouse2025-02-17Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House StrickenHouse2025-02-17Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse2025-02-12Passed 1st ReadingHouse2025-02-12Filed
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APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; CANCER; COUNCIL OF STATE; DEATH & DYING; DEATH BENEFITS; DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; FIREFIGHTERS & FIREFIGHTING; INSURANCE; INSURANCE
LIFE; PUBLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; STATE TREASURER
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143-166.2 (Sections)
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H97: Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer. Latest Version
Companion Bill: S97 : Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.
Session: 2025 - 2026
AN ACT including death due to stomach cancer in the list of firefighter deaths meeting the DEFINITION of killed in the line of duty under the public safety employees' death benefits act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 143‑166.2(6) reads as rewritten:
(6) Killed in the line of duty. – This term shall apply to all of the following deaths:
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e. When the death of a firefighter occurs as a direct and proximate result of any of the following cancers that are occupationally related to firefighting, that firefighter is presumed to have been killed in the line of duty:
1. Mesothelioma.
2. Testicular cancer.
3. Cancer of the small intestine.
4. Esophageal cancer.
5. Oral cavity cancer.
6. Pharynx cancer.
7. Cancer of the stomach, also known as gastric cancer.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of State Treasurer the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in recurring funds for each year of the 2025‑2027 fiscal biennium to be used for benefits payable under the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act related to the implementation of this act.
SECTION 3. This act is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to qualifying deaths occurring on or after that date.