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S 10597 In Committee

Provides pay per call and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel expense reimbursement for call response

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Allows an authority having jurisdiction over a volunteer fire department or fire company in a county, city, town, village, fire district, or fire protection district to provide volunteer firefighters with a stipend of a nominal fee for responses to calls and for certain standby services; includes volunteer firefighters within the labor law definition of "employee" of a federal, state or municipal government of political subdivision thereof; establishes the volunteer fire service nominal compensation assistance fund.

Chamber
Senate
Introduced
May 28, 2026
Last action
May 28, 2026 — REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Session
2025-2026
Momentum
30 · Low