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Under committee review
What it doesSummary passed house (May 27, 2020)
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis or positive test result are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.
What just happenedJun 1, 2020
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2316)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6509.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2316-2319)
Mr. Nadler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis or positive test result are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act of 2020
This bill creates a presumption that certain public safety officers who contract COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and were on duty during the 45-day period prior to the diagnosis are eligible for certain benefits payable when public safety officers are injured or killed in the line of duty.