Provides pay per call and paid on call stipends for volunteer firefighters and travel expense reimbursement for call response

Summary

The bill lets cities, towns, villages, fire districts and other local authorities set up programs that pay volunteer firefighters a nominal fee for each emergency response or standby duty, without changing their volunteer status or creating payroll tax obligations. It also clarifies that these payments are not considered wages for labor‑law or benefit‑law purposes. The measure is currently referred to committee.

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