SF 313: Relating to continued annual training requirements for certain volunteer fire fighters

What it does

This bill relates to continued annual training requirements for certain volunteer fire fighters. Under current law, the fire service training bureau offers programs to volunteer, trainee, or employed fire fighters with minimum instruction requirements for certification. The bill provides that a member of a volunteer fire department may be deemed to have completed the member’s continued annual training requirements upon completion of percent of the required training hours if the person has served as a volunteer fire fighter for at least years, receives no more than $5,000 in annual compensation for service as a volunteer fire fighter, serves a population of less than 20,000, and has approval from the chief of the volunteer fire department.

Senate subcommittee · named February 20, 2023

• Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
• Sen. Waylon Brown (R)

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa Firefighters Association (IFA)

In plain words

1. February 15, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
2. February 20, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Salmon, Boulton and Brown
3. February 22, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
4. March 1, 2023Approved by the Senate committee
5. June 5, 2023Sent to the Senate State Government committee