HB 23-1072

House Bill 23-1072, also known as the Civil Defense Worker Compensation bill, ensures that civil defense workers who assist during disaster emergencies can now receive compensation for their work. Previously, some of these workers were not eligible to be paid for their efforts when helping manage incidents beyond local capabilities. The bill was signed into law on March 17, 2023, and is already in effect, meaning that civil defense workers are now able to get compensated for their contributions during emergencies.

Official Summary

During disaster emergencies, the state uses incident management teams to provide on-scene incident management support during incidents or events that exceed a local jurisdiction's capability or capacity. Some of these incident management teams are staffed by civil defense workers. Under current law, certain civil defense workers are not eligible to be compensated for their response. The act removes this limitation and allows those civil defense workers to be compensated for their response. APPROVED by Governor March 17, 2023 EFFECTIVE March 17, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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