Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri HB3096: Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation for certain first responders, establishing a rebuttable presumption for cancer and other certain occupational diseases contracted by firefighters and fire investigators
Status: In committee, May 15, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 3096 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ALLEN. 5373H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk To repeal sections 287.067 and 287.120, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new sections relating to workers' compensation occupational disease presumptions for certain first responders, with penalty provisions. Section A. Sections 287.067 and 287.120, RSMo, are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 287.067, 287.068, 287.069, and 287.120, to read as follows: 287.067. 1. In this chapter the term "occupational disease" is hereby defined to mean, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, an identifiable disease arising with or without human fault out of and in the course of the employment. Ordinary diseases of life to which the general public is exposed outside of the employment shall not be compensable, except where the diseases follow as an incident of an occupational disease as defined in this section. The disease need not to have been foreseen or expected but after its contraction it must appear to have had its origin in a risk connected with the employment and to have flowed from that source as a rational consequence. 2. An injury or death by occupational disease is compensable only if the occupational exposure was the prevailing factor in causing both …
Sponsors
- Bill Allen (R, 017) · primary sponsor
- Mike Costlow (R, 108)
- Martin Jacobs (D, 038)
- Josh Hurlbert (R, 008)
- Terri Violet (R, 104)
- Carolyn Caton (R, 033)
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Common questions
- What is HB3096?
- HB3096 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Modifies provisions relating to workers' compensation for certain first responders, establishing a rebuttable presumption for cancer and other certain occupational diseases contracted by firefighters and fire investigators.
- What is the status of HB3096?
- In committee as of May 15, 2026. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB3096?
- Bill Allen (R, 017), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3096?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB3096&year=2026&code=R
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