---
type: "Bill"
title: "relative to the presumption under workers' compensation requiring the reimbursement of costs associated with firefighters who have cancer."
description: "relative to the presumption under workers' compensation requiring the reimbursement of costs associated with firefighters who have cancer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "New Hampshire SB 541 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel E. Innis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683e08f0-2921-4789-8e83-4a8e27d7e383"
source_url: "http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_Status/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2793&sy=2018&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2018"
source_hash: "45cd1cfb6935e6066575de0575d9e17bfa0f56f31932a3e1845e6c8362ef48d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire SB 541 (2018) — relative to the presumption under workers' compensation requiring the reimbursement of costs associated with firefighters who have cancer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2018-1683h** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=2018-1683h&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2018&id=1809&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Ought to Pass with Amendment — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment 1188s — **12–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel E. Innis — primary (person)
- David J. Danielson — cosponsor (person)
- Donna M. Soucy — cosponsor (person)
- J. Tracy Emerick — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Robert L. Nigrello — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon M Carson — cosponsor (person)
- Tamara Le — cosponsor (person)
- William Gannon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Finance; SJ 2 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Hearing: 01/23/2018, Room 103, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 4
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1156s, 03/22/2018; SC 13A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Special Order to to after the addendum, Without Objection, MA; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Special Order to the present time, Without Objection, MA SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Committee Amendment # 2018-1156s, AF, VV; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Sen. Bradley Floor Amendment # 2018-1188s, RC 12Y-11N, AA; 03/22/2018; SJ 10
- **2018-03-22** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-1188s, RC 23Y-0N, MA; OT3rdg; 03/22/2018; SJ 10 `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Introduced 03/22/2018 and referred to Finance HJ 10 P. 53 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 04:00 PM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-05** Division I Work Session: 04/10/2018 10:00 AM LOB 212
- **2018-04-12** Division I Work Session: 04/17/2018 02:00 PM LOB 212
- **2018-04-19** Executive Session: 04/25/2018 10:00 AM LOB 210-211
- **2018-04-19** Division I Work Session: 04/24/2018 10:30 AM LOB 212
- **2018-04-25** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-1683h (NT) for 05/02/2018 (Vote 26-0; CC) HC 17 P. 7 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** Amendment # 2018-1683h: AA VV 05/02/2018
- **2018-05-02** Ought to Pass with Amendment 1683h: MA VV 05/02/2018 `passage`
- **2018-05-10** Sen. Daniels Moved Nonconcur with the House Amendment; Requests C of C, MA, VV; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** President Appoints: Senators Daniels, Giuda, D'Allesandro; 05/10/2018; SJ 17
- **2018-05-10** House Accedes to Senate Request for CofC (Rep. Kurk): MA VV 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-10** Speaker Appoints: Reps. L. Ober, Emerick, Spanos, Leishman 05/10/2018
- **2018-05-15** Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/15/2018, 12:30 pm, Room 103, SH ==RECESSED==
- **2018-05-15** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2018, 08:30 am, Room 100, SH ==RECESSED==
- **2018-05-16** ==RECONVENE== Committee of Conference Meeting: 05/16/2018, 12:00 pm, Room 100, SH
- **2018-05-17** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2056c Filed 05/17/2018; House Amendment + New Amendment
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report 2056c: Adopted, VV 05/23/2018
- **2018-05-23** Conference Committee Report # 2018-2056c, Adopted, VV; 05/23/2018; SJ 18
- **2018-06-04** Enrolled (In recess 05/23/2018); SJ 18
- **2018-06-05** Enrolled 05/23/2018
- **2018-07-13** Signed by the Governor on 07/10/2018; Chapter 0369; Effective 07/10/2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683e08f0-2921-4789-8e83-4a8e27d7e383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).