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2011 Bill(s)
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HB 162
Sponsor:
Fisher, Barney
Status:
S Judiciary
Description:
Expand Workers' Compensation coverage to include occupational disease.
See:
House roll call - HB 162 (02/10/2011)
: 3rd reading of a bill to expand Workers' Compensation Coverage to include occupational diseases and, thus restrict a worker from filing suit for damages against an employer for an occupational disea
House roll call - HA 2 HB 162 (02/08/2011)
: An amendment to exclude mesothelioma from Wokers' Compensation coverage. Exclusion would assure that victims could bring private civil lawsuits against their employers.
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.