North Carolina HB 97: Various Education Changes.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (as of 2024-06-19)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2023 · Bill: HB 97

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS, BOARDS, BUDGETING, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD, COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFICE, CONSTRUCTION, CONTRACTS, COUNTIES, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, CURRICULUM, EDUCATION, EDUCATION, FAYETTEVILLE, FUNDS & ACCOUNTS, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGHER EDUCATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INTERSTATE COOPERATION, LICENSING & CERTIFICATION, MASSAGE THERAPY, MASSAGE THERAPY BOARD, MINORS, MUNICIPALITIES, OCCUPATIONS, PILOT PROGRAMS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PRIVATIZATION, PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, REPORTS, RESIDENCY, SAFETY, SECONDARY EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF, STEM, TITLE CHANGE, TUITION

Sponsors: Gillespie, Torbett, Willis, Clampitt, F. Jackson, Hardister, Harrison, Hawkins, McNeely, Ward, Zenger

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 97
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/30/25
Third Edition Engrossed 5/1/25

Short Title: Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 12, 2025
*H97-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT INCLUDING DEATH DUE TO CERTAIN CANCERS IN THE LIST OF 2
FIREFIGHTER DEATHS MEETING THE DEFINITION OF KILLED IN THE LINE OF 3
DUTY UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES' DEATH BENEFITS ACT. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 143-166.2(6) reads as rewritten: 6
"(6) Killed in the line of duty. – This term shall apply to all of the following deaths: 7
... 8
e. When the death of a firefighter occurs as a direct and proximate result 9
of any of the following cancers that are occupationally related to 10
firefighting, that firefighter is presumed to have been killed in the line 11
of duty: 12
1. Mesothelioma. 13
2. Testicular cancer. 14
3. Cancer of the small intestine. 15
4. Esophageal cancer. 16
5. Oral cavity cancer. 17
6. Pharynx cancer. 18
7. Cancer of the stomach, also known as gastric cancer. 19
8. Prostate cancer. 20
9. Colon cancer." 21
SECTION 2. This act is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to qualifying deaths 22
occurring on or after that date. 23

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