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This law combines and alphabetizes the lists of cancers that are presumed to be job-related for workers' compensation for certain firefighters, fire investigators and peace officers, but the cancers covered and the conditions for the presumption stay the same.
Official title: firefighters; occupational disease; cancers
- September 12, 2026
- Applies retroactively from and after June 30, 2021: The firefighter and fire investigator cancer presumption section
What changes
The summary found no practical change.
Who it affects
- Full-time firefighters regularly assigned to hazardous duty
- Fire investigators employed full time by a city, town or fire district
- Full-time peace officers regularly assigned to hazardous duty in special operations, SWAT, bomb disposal or hazardous materials units
What you need to do
Nothing.
What the law doesn't answer
- Why the firefighter section was made retroactive to after June 30, 2021
- Whether the retroactivity affects any past or pending workers' compensation claims
This summary describes the law as enacted. Later laws, court rulings or referendum petitions can change the picture. Check the official text for the current wording.