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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the supervising physician and nurse practitioner or physician assistant. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 2."
+description: "Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the supervising physician and nurse practitioner or physician assistant. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 2."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "113"
+identifier: "HB 1687"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1687 (113)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Emergency Communications Districts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b98ef13-a7e0-4c69-abb7-a198d91f436e"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1687&GA=113"
+source_hash: "5be46625857e418e33c735980490d85cb04563787c101ebe58533d1c4b909bb7"
+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 1687 (113) — Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to perform the mandatory physical examination of a public safety dispatcher or emergency call taker if the physical examination is included in the written protocol developed by the supervising physician and nurse practitioner or physician assistant. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 86, Part 2.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1687.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/15/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024 2/8/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/30/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/30/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
+- **2024-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-01-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/7/2024
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/8/2024
+- **2024-02-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-02-08** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/12/2024
+- **2024-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-02-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/15/2024
+- **2024-02-12** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
+- **2024-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2024-02-15** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2024-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2024-02-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2024-02-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2024-02-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2024-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
+- **2024-03-19** Pub. Ch. 529
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b98ef13-a7e0-4c69-abb7-a198d91f436e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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