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One Hundred Ninth Legislature - First Session - 2025
Introducer€s Statement of Intent
LB400
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Chairperson: Senator Kathleen Kauth
Committee: Business and Labor
Date of Hearing: March 10, 2025
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The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be
accomplished thereby:
The intent of LB400 is to provide for compensation under the Nebraska Workers
Compensation Act for cancers experienced by firefighters.
Cancer that results in either temporary or permanent disability or death is now an
occupational disease and is compensable as such.
This applies to firefighters who were exposed to carcinogens or reasonably know human
carcinogens during the course of their employment or service.
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Principal Introducer:________________________________
Senator Dave Wordekemper
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