Legislation I am sponsoring to help firefighters get higher educational credit for training they conducted as a firefighter has passed a House committee.
The House Higher Education committee passed House Bill 1149 by a 12-0 vote, and the bill is now awaiting action by the full House of Representatives. State law already makes it possible for those who have trained as emergency medical technicians to obtain similar college credit, this bill just extends the opportunity to firefighters.
This is my second bill to pass out of a House committee this spring, following House Bill 46, which will help ease the state’s shortage of day care workers.