Tennessee House Bill 694 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-30 - Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [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 response.

Rep. Lowell Russell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-30	House	Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
2021-03-24	House	Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
2021-02-20	House	Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
2021-02-11	House	P2C, ref. to State Government Committee
2021-02-10	House	Intro., P1C.
2021-02-09	House	Filed for introduction

SB0612 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-11 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0694&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0694.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB0694.pdf