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S 2240 110th Congress Senate

Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit termination of employment of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel responding to emergencies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 25, 2007 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCivil actions and liabilityDisastersDisciplining of employees
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Discrimination in employmentDismissal of employeesEmergency ManagementEmergency medicineEmployee rightsFire fightersGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkHealthLawLeave of absenceParamedical personnelPersonnel recordsSalariesSocial Welfare
This bill died when the 110th Congress ended
It never became law before the 110th Congress (2007–2008) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 25, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13452-13453)
Oct 25, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13452)
Oct 25, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 25, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13452-13453)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Prohibits any employee from being terminated, demoted, or discriminated against in the terms or conditions of employment because the employee is absent or late as a result of serving as a volunteer firefighter or providing volunteer emergency medical services as part of a response to an emergency or major disaster. Excludes absences for which the employee: (1) is absent for more than 14 days per calendar year; (2) responds to an emergency or major disaster without being official deployed in accordance with a coordinator national deployment system; or (3) fails to provide written verification within a reasonable period of time.

Allows employers to: (1) reduce the employee's regular pay for such time as the employee is absent; and (2) require the employee to provide written verification from the supervising Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state, or local official that such employee responded in an official capacity at a specified time and date.

Requires such an employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer that he or she may be absent or late.

Gives such an employee a private cause of action for discrimination which violates this Act.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2240: Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2240/
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"S. 2240: Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2240/.
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