Tennessee House Bill 2473 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-01 - 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 responses.

Rep. Rush Bricken [R]

Rep. Lowell Russell [R]

Rep. Antonio Parkinson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-01	House	Failed in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
2022-02-23	House	Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
2022-02-22	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2022-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee
2022-02-03	House	P2C, ref. to State Government Committee
2022-02-02	House	Intro., P1C.
2022-02-01	House	Filed for introduction

SB2384 (Crossfiled) 2022-02-03 - 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=HB2473&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2473.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB2473.pdf