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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58."
+description: "Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 604"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 604 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Stevens"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-02-07"
+last_action: "2017-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cc6cd09-9be1-4c68-981b-642a5d314bf7"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0604&GA=110"
+source_hash: "bb53dd0fd0c2817356daa9442c2445db1850fc7e61b3d8fc5649eab77965ce4b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 604 (110) — Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0604.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/22/2017 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/9/2017 5/9/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Halford — primary (person)
+- Stevens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/22/17
+- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
+- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to First Responder Calendar
+- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
+- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
+- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
+- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
+- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/9/2017
+- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
+- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 408
+- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 408
+- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cc6cd09-9be1-4c68-981b-642a5d314bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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