Committee Schedules Hearing on Comp Bills

The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement will on March 26 hear testimony on bills that would bolster first responders' work comp benefits and require the state to protect workers in stonecutting shops. The committee will hear testimony on proposals to expand presumptions for firefighters, give park rangers in Sacramento full-pay salary continuation benefits and enhance death benefits for first responders. Senate Bill 230, by Sen. John Laird, D-Santa Cruz, would add firefighters at commercial airports regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration to th...