Archive #59824

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Bill Number: SB26-184
HTTP Status: 200
Valid JSON: Valid
Archived At: 2026-05-04 10:00:14 MDT
Created At: 2026-05-04 10:00:14 MDT

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  "active": "T",
  "origin": "Senate",
  "lls_num": "26-0714",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Labor & Employment",
    "Professions & Occupations"
  ],
  "bill_num": "SB26-184",
  "sponsors": [
    {
      "id": "RR001",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Robert Rodriguez",
      "last_name": "Rodriguez",
      "first_name": "Robert",
      "sponsor_order": "1"
    }
  ],
  "bill_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/65D59924BC29C90E87258D76005FAEE5/$File/184_01.pdf",
      "date": "04/29/2026",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "url_html": "",
      "lastModified": "04/29/2026 01:15:26 PM"
    }
  ],
  "committees": [
    {
      "id": "S_BLT_2026A",
      "name": "Business, Labor, & Technology",
      "chamber": "Senate"
    }
  ],
  "long_title": "Concerning benefits for firefighters who contract certain conditions.",
  "bill_status": "In Committee - SEN Business, Labor, & Technology",
  "short_title": "Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Comp",
  "bill_summary": "<html><body><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Current law in the 'Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado' provides that certain cancers contracted by firefighters are considered occupational diseases presumed to have been a result of the firefighters' employment. A firefighter's employer or an insurer may rebut this presumption by showing by a preponderance of the medical evidence that the cancer did not occur on the job.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Section 2</b> of the bill updates the law by:<br/></p><p><ul><li>Expanding the types of cancer that are considered occupational diseases;</li><li>Affording certain neurological conditions the presumption; and</li><li>Strengthening the presumption to require an employer to show clear and convincing evidence that the cancer did not occur on the job.<br/><br/><i>(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)</i></p></body></html>",
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      "end": "F",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "position": 1
    },
    {
      "end": "F",
      "label": "Under Consideration",
      "position": 2
    }
  ],
  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Government - Local",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
  "amendment_files": [],
  "full_bill_topic": "Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation",
  "long_bill_files": [],
  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [],
  "bill_sub_category": "Police Officers and Firefighters",
  "fiscal_note_files": [
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/65D59924BC29C90E87258D76005FAEE5/$File/SB184_00.pdf",
      "date": "05/04/2026",
      "label": "FN1",
      "url_html": "",
      "lastModified": "05/04/2026 09:45:11 AM",
      "label_detailed": "Initial Fiscal Note"
    }
  ],
  "is_budget_package": "No",
  "session_laws_files": "",
  "summarized_history": [
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      "date": "04/29/2026",
      "action": "Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology",
      "location": "Senate"
    }
  ],
  "research_note_files": [],
  "bill_sub_sub_category": "Other",
  "committee_report_files": [],
  "demographic_note_files": [],
  "updated_bill_summary_files": [],
  "budget_staff_analysis_files": [],
  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
  "second_chamber_third_reading_date": ""
}

Raw Response

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