Indiana Senate Bill 121 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-05 - Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Volunteer firefighter allowances. Increases the minimum volunteer firefighter clothing and automobile allowance (allowance) that a city, town, or township (unit) is required to pay to active and participating members of a volunteer fire department from $200 to $400 per year. Requires the Indiana department of homeland security (department) to reimburse a unit $200 for each allowance that the unit submits a claim to the department for reimbursement. Provides for joint claim submission and proportional reimbursement of an allowance if a portion of the allowance is paid by more than one unit. Establishes the volunteer firefighter allowance fund as a dedicated fund administered by the department for the purpose of reimbursing units for allowances.

Volunteer firefighter allowances. Increases the minimum volunteer firefighter clothing and automobile allowance (allowance) that a city, town, or township (unit) is required to pay to active and participating members of a volunteer fire department from $200 to $400 per year. Requires the Indiana department of homeland security (department) to reimburse a unit $200 for each allowance that the unit submits a claim to the department for reimbursement. Provides for joint claim submission and proportional reimbursement of an allowance if a portion of the allowance is paid by more than one unit. Establishes the volunteer firefighter allowance fund as a dedicated fund administered by the department for the purpose of reimbursing units for allowances.

Sen. James Tomes [R]

Sen. James Buck [R]

Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R]

Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2019-01-17 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Withdrawn
2019-02-04	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Niemeyer added as third author
2019-01-24	Senate	Senator Buck added as second author
2019-01-24	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-01-22	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Tomes

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/121/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/7/b/e/d7be7571/SB0121.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/3/5/2/2352b7d6/SB0121.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/a/8/8/3a882644/SB0121.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/9/3/4393ad1e/SB0121.01.INTR.01.pdf