---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's deputies, a municipal fire investigator, or a salaried county fire investigator to exercise police powers, including the power to arrest, relative to cases of arson or suspected arson. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68."
description: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's deputies, a municipal fire investigator, or a salaried county fire investigator to exercise police powers, including the power to arrest, relative to cases of arson or suspected arson. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2005"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2005 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Prevention and Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hatcher"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81cd01c4-dbf3-4f63-a58a-3431a165393e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2005&ga=114"
source_hash: "6a7e30c753bbfe0ea2ba6a89c6d86fb3223533199f17b0bd76ff3ed995d98bde"
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 SB 2005 (114) — Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, requires certification from the peace officer standards and training commission and certain other criteria to be met in order for the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the commissioner's deputies, a municipal fire investigator, or a salaried county fire investigator to exercise police powers, including the power to arrest, relative to cases of arson or suspected arson. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 38 and Title 68.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0921** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0921.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0716** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0716.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2005.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2026 Passed — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/16/2026 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hatcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2026
- **2026-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0716)
- **2026-04-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-08** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 5, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2026-04-08** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0921) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-10** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2026
- **2026-04-13** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0921) `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Effective date(s) 01/01/2028
- **2026-05-05** Pub. Ch. 847

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81cd01c4-dbf3-4f63-a58a-3431a165393e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).