Substitute for Raised H.B. No. 6838
Session Year 2023
 


AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DIVISION OF FIRE SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION, REVISING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION ON FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL AND REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE FIRE SERVICE IN THE STATE.

To establish a Division of Fire Services Administration within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and transfer the powers and duties of the Office of State Fire Administrator to said division, revise the powers and duties of the Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and require the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to contract for a study of the fire service in the state.

Introduced by:
Public Safety and Security Committee

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Co-sponsors for Amendment LCO:

Bill History

 Date Action Taken
 4/25/2023Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations
 4/3/2023(LCO)File Number 367
 4/3/2023House Calendar Number 254
 4/3/2023Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
 4/3/2023(LCO)Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/27/2023(LCO)Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/23 12:00 PM
 3/16/2023(LCO)Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
 3/16/2023(PS)Joint Favorable
 3/3/2023Public Hearing 03/09
 3/1/2023Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security

Co-sponsors of HB-6838

Rep. Patrick S. Boyd, 50th Dist.
Rep. Ben McGorty, 122nd Dist.
Sen. MD Rahman, 4th Dist.
Rep. Bobby G. Gibson, 15th Dist.

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