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H 3466 - Develops procedures for a fire department to be reimbursed for training a firefighter when the firefighter leaves the job

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Steven Long
Last Action: 2/15/2022 - Senate - Committee Amendment Adopted
House Committee: MMPMA
Senate Committee: LCI
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

05.13.2021 The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment caps the training reimbursement at $1,000 for volunteer firefighters only. 
05.05.2021 The Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Professions and Occupations subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment adds emergency medical technicians in the reimbursement training costs and also clarifies that the cost can only be reimbursed if the training occurred within the first two years of employment. The amendment also deletes "mandatory training" and replaces it with "training."
03.03.2021 The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee gave this bill a favorable report.
02.24.2021 The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee did not pass this bill out of committee. 
02.11.2021 The House Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Military, Local Government and Public Affairs subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Outlines procedures for a fire department that assumes the cost of training a firefighter to be reimbursed for the training costs by other fire departments that subsequently hire the firefighter. 


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H 3466 General Bill, By Long, McGarry, Pope, Forrest, Magnuson and Jones
Summary: Firefighter training
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-80-65 SO AS TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES THROUGH WHICH A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT ASSUMES THE COST OF TRAINING A FIREFIGHTER MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR THESE COSTS BY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT SUBSEQUENTLY HIRE THE FIREFIGHTER WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
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12/16/20House Prefiled
12/16/20House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs
01/12/21House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 201)
01/12/21House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 201)
03/04/21House Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs (House Journal-page 27)
03/09/21House Requests for debate-Rep(s). Hill, Gagnon, W Cox, White, Hiott, Huggins, Stringer, McGinnis (House Journal-page 28)
03/09/21House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Magnuson
03/11/21House Requests for debate removed-Rep(s). Hiott, Gagnon, Huggins
03/11/21House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Jones
04/07/21House Read second time (House Journal-page 31)
04/07/21House Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-2 (House Journal-page 31)
04/08/21House Read third time and sent to Senate (House Journal-page 12)
04/08/21Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 9)
04/08/21Senate Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 9)
05/13/21Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Labor, Commerce and Industry (Senate Journal-page 10)
05/18/21 Scrivener's error corrected
02/15/22Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 8)



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