Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 5455 — AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFIED FOREST FIRE FIGHTERS.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

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  • 17 sponsors

    17 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

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General Assembly Committee Bill No.
957 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by:
5704 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by:
(PS) AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFIED FOREST FIRE FIGHTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1.
Section 23-37 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
(a) State forest fire control personnel and district and deputy fire wardens shall, under the supervision of the State Forest Fire Warden, use all necessary means to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
(b) Such state forest fire control personnel shall assist the fire chief or the fire officer-in-charge in the control and direction of all persons and apparatus while engaged in extinguishing forest fires in their respective districts, or in other districts under the instructions of the State Forest Fire Warden.
(c) Such state forest fire control personnel and fire wardens may destroy fences, plow land or, in an emergency, close roads, with or without detours, and set backfires to hasten the control of any fire.
[(d) Such state forest fire control personnel may summon any resident of the state between the ages of eighteen and fifty years to assist in extinguishing fires, and may also require the use of LCO No.
5704 1 of 2 Committee Bill No.
5455 equipment, motor vehicles and other property needed for such purposes.
Any person so summoned, who is physically able, who refuses or neglects to assist or to allow the use of equipment, motor vehicles or other material or property, or wilfully interferes with or hinders any warden or other person having authority under this section, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.] (d) If the state forest fire warden determines that additional state forest fire control personnel are required to assist in extinguishing a forest fire in this state, the state forest fire warden may temporarily supplement state forest fire control personnel with temporary emergency workers who meet the training and qualification requirements of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group's National Incident Management System:
Wildland Fire Qualification System Guide, as amended from time to time.
The Department of Administrative Services shall assist the state fire warden in developing appropriate classifications for such temporary emergency workers.
(e) No action for trespass shall lie against any person crossing or working upon lands of another to extinguish fire or for investigation thereof.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 23-37 Statement of Purpose:
To allow the state forest fire warden to supplement existing staff resources with individuals who meet certain federal forest fire fighter training and qualification requirements.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, not underlined.] the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is Co-Sponsors:
AN ACT CONCERNING QUALIFIED FOREST FIREFIGHTERS.
H.B.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
5455 LCO No.
That the general statutes be amended to mobilize qualified forest firefighters in the state to fight forest fires in this state in the most effective way possible.
5704 2 of 2
Statement of Purpose:
To create a more efficient process to mobilize qualified forest firefighters.
LCO No.
957 1 of 1
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Action History

  1. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

  2. TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR

  3. TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

  4. PUBLIC ACT 19-37

  5. ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCE

  6. SENATE PASSED

  7. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 511

  8. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  9. HOUSE PASSED

  10. FILE NO. 391

  11. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 244

  12. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER

  13. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  14. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/03/19

  15. FILED WITH LCO

  16. Joint Favorable Substitute

  17. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security

  18. DRAFTED BY COMMITTEE

  19. Vote to Draft

  20. PUBLIC HEARING 0214

  21. Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing

  22. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security

Sponsors

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17 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 170 not signed on

Sponsors (17)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (170)

170 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 5455?
HB 5455 is sponsored by Sredzinski, J.P., MacLachlan, Jesse, Kathy Kennedy (Republican), Tom Delnicki (Republican), Verrengia, Joe, Serra, Joseph C., Michel, David, Ferraro, Charles J., Hilda E. Santiago (Democratic), Bill Buckbee (Republican), Dave W. Yaccarino (Republican), Nicole Klarides-Ditria (Republican), Irene M. Haines (Republican), Patrick S. Boyd (Democratic), Ben McGorty (Republican), Christie M. Carpino (Republican), and David Rutigliano (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 5455?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2019. Enacted.
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