SB 127 (2002): relative to stress-related injuries under workers' compensation.
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SB 127 (2002)
relative to stress-related injuries under workers' compensation.
- Status: Killed
- Term: 2001-2002
- Senate committee: Insurance
- Subject: Employment
The Story
It was introduced on February 1, 2001 and referred to the Senate Insurance committee. The committee held a public hearing on April 4, 2001. The committee recommended that the Senate send it back to committee. On May 9, 2001 the Senate voted to send it back to committee on a voice vote. The committee recommended that the Senate kill it. On January 24, 2002 the Senate voted to kill it on a voice vote.
Sponsors
- Sen. Gary Francoeur (R - SD14) (prime sponsor)
- Sen. Russell Prescott (R - SD19)
- Sen. Sheila Roberge (R - SD9)
- Sen. Thomas Eaton (R - SD10)
- Sen. Robert Flanders (R - SD7)
- Sen. Carl Johnson (R - SD3)
- Sen. Harold Burns (R - SD1)
- Sen. John Barnes Jr. (R - SD17)
- Rep. Robert Clegg (R - Hills 23)
Hearings and Sessions
- April 4, 2001, 9:10 AM: hearing, Senate Insurance, LOB 101
Votes
- May 9, 2001, Senate: Rerefer to Committee — voice vote, passed
- January 24, 2002, Senate: Inexpedient to Legislate — voice vote, passed
The Docket
- February 1, 2001: Introduced and Ref. to Insurance
- April 4, 2001: Hearing; April 4, 2001, Room 101, LOB, 9:10 a.m.; SC15
- May 2, 2001: Committee Report; Rereferred to Committee, [05/09/01]; SC22-A
- May 9, 2001: Rereferred to Committee, MA, VV
- January 22, 2002: Committee Report; Inexpedient to Legislate, [01/24/02]; SC6
- January 24, 2002: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV
Laws It Would Change
Related Bills
- SB 59-FN (2019): adding post traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder to the definition of "injury" for purposes of workers' compensation, establishing the commission to study the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders, and clarifying workers' compensation for firefighter and heart, lung, or cancer disease.