Archive #60670

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Bill Number: SB26-184
HTTP Status: 200
Valid JSON: Valid
Archived At: 2026-05-05 18:18:15 MDT
Created At: 2026-05-05 18:18:15 MDT

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  "active": "T",
  "origin": "Senate",
  "lls_num": "26-0714",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Labor & Employment",
    "Professions & Occupations"
  ],
  "bill_num": "SB26-184",
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      "id": "RR001",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Robert Rodriguez",
      "last_name": "Rodriguez",
      "first_name": "Robert",
      "sponsor_order": "1"
    }
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      "date": "04/29/2026",
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      "lastModified": "04/29/2026 01:15:26 PM"
    }
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      "id": "S_BLT_2026A",
      "name": "Business, Labor, & Technology",
      "chamber": "Senate"
    }
  ],
  "long_title": "Concerning benefits for firefighters who contract certain conditions.",
  "bill_status": "Senate Second Reading",
  "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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    },
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      "position": 2
    }
  ],
  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Government - Local",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
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      "date": "05/05/2026 04:21:51 PM",
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  "full_bill_topic": "Firefighter Cancer Benefits & Workers' Compensation",
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  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [],
  "bill_sub_category": "Police Officers and Firefighters",
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      "date": "05/04/2026",
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      "lastModified": "05/04/2026 09:45:11 AM",
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  "is_budget_package": "No",
  "session_laws_files": "",
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  "research_note_files": [],
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      "date": "05/05/2026",
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      "lastModified": "05/05/2026 05:51:10 PM"
    }
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  "demographic_note_files": [],
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  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
  "second_chamber_third_reading_date": ""
}

Raw Response

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