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S97 • 2025

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Moffitt, Daniel, Burgin, Adcock, Alexander, Applewhite, Bradley, Brinson, Chaudhuri, Galey, Hanig, Lazzara, Lee, Lowe, Mayfield, McInnis, Overcash, Salvador, Sawrey, Settle, Waddell
Last action
2025-04-01
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

What This Bill Does

  • Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 97

Short Title: Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Moffitt, Daniel, and Burgin (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
February 17, 2025
*S97-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT INCLUDING DEA TH DUE TO STOMACH CA NCER IN THE LIST OF 2
FIREFIGHTER DEATHS MEETING THE DEFINITION OF KILLED IN THE L INE OF 3
DUTY UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES' DEATH BENEFITS ACT. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 143-166.2(6) reads as rewritten: 6
"(6) Killed in the line of duty. – This term shall apply to all of the following deaths: 7
… 8
e. When the death of a firefighter occurs as a direct and proximate result 9
of any of the following cancers that are occupationally related to 10
firefighting, that firefighter is presumed to have been killed in the line 11
of duty: 12
1. Mesothelioma. 13
2. Testicular cancer. 14
3. Cancer of the small intestine. 15
4. Esophageal cancer. 16
5. Oral cavity cancer. 17
6. Pharynx cancer. 18
7. Cancer of the stomach, also known as gastric cancer." 19
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 20
State Treasurer the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in recurring funds for each 21
year of the 2025 -2027 fiscal bi ennium to be used for benefits payable under the Public Safety 22
Employees' Death Benefits Act related to the implementation of this act. 23
SECTION 3. This act is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to qualifying deaths 24
occurring on or after that date. 25