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AL HB182

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

3/5/2015

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hill

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2015

AI Summary

  • Designates September 27 as First Responders' Appreciation Day in Alabama, beginning in 2015 and continuing annually.

  • Encourages all citizens to remember the sacrifice of first responders and express thanks to them on this date.

  • Cites that 20,000 officers have been killed in the line of duty nationally and 522 in Alabama, and that 24 firefighters died in the line of duty by November 2014.

  • Acknowledges that all first responders take a risk each time they respond to a call.

  • Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.

Legislative Description

Emergencies, first responders, September 27 annual appreciation day created

Health

Last Action

Indefinitely Postponed

6/3/2015

Committee Referrals

State Government3/5/2015

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