North Carolina adds stomach cancer to firefighter line-of-duty death benefits and appropriates $500,000 annually

Original title: Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer.

Last action · May 5, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Paul Scott and 71 others

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What This Bill Would Do

North Carolina expands the to include deaths caused by stomach cancer for firefighters starting July 1, 2025, while appropriating $500,000 in recurring annual funds to the Department of State Treasurer.

Why it matters

Families of firefighters who die from stomach cancer become newly eligible for state line-of-duty death benefits, backed by a recurring half-million-dollar annual state .

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Firefighters

Firefighters diagnosed with stomach cancer gain statutory presumption that the illness is occupationally related for line-of-duty death benefit purposes.

Directly affected

Department of State Treasurer

The department receives an annual recurring appropriation of $500,000 to cover benefits payable under the act.

Key Facts

Adds stomach cancer (gastric cancer) to the list of occupationally related cancers that qualify a firefighter's death as killed in the line of duty.
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund to the Department of State Treasurer in recurring funds for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
Applies to qualifying deaths occurring on or after July 1, 2025.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this bill apply retroactively to past deaths?

No, the act applies only to qualifying deaths occurring on or after July 1, 2025.

How much funding is allocated for these benefits?

The bill appropriates $500,000 in for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of State Treasurer.

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Procedural history

24 actions

May 5, 2025Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
May 5, 2025Senate
Passed 1st Reading
May 5, 2025Senate
Regular Message Received From House
May 1, 2025House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
May 1, 2025House
Ordered Engrossed
May 1, 2025House
Passed 3rd Reading

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May 1, 2025House
Passed 2nd Reading
May 1, 2025House
Amend Adopted A2
May 1, 2025House
Amend Adopted A1
Apr 30, 2025House
Placed On Cal For 05/01/2025
Apr 30, 2025House
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
Apr 30, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 30, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 30, 2025House
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Apr 29, 2025House
Re-ref to the Com on Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 29, 2025House
Withdrawn From Com
Mar 26, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Appropriations
Mar 26, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Feb 17, 2025House
Re-ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Feb 17, 2025House
Withdrawn From Com
Feb 17, 2025House
Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
Feb 12, 2025House
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Feb 12, 2025House
Passed 1st Reading
Feb 11, 2025HouseIntroduced
Filed

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