Tennessee House Bill 579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-03-22 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, requires emergency communications districts (ECDs) to utilize the direct dispatch method in response to emergency 911 calls and one of three methods in response to non-emergency calls; requires that all emergency 911 calls, with the exception of misrouted calls, be dispatched without being transferred; authorizes ECDs to transfer non-emergency calls at the discretion of the dispatcher via attended transfer; adds emergency call takers and public safety dispatchers and emergency services personnel to definition of first responder for certain purposes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 29; Title 39; Title 58 and Title 63.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 29; Title 39; Title 58 and Title 63, relative to emergency responses.

Rep. Rush Bricken [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
2023-03-15	House	Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/22/2023
2023-02-01	House	Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to State Government Committee
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-26	House	Filed for introduction

SB0664 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-21 - Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee to first calendar of 2024

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0579&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0579.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0579.pdf