---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, requires the emergency medical services board to establish standards for a community paramedic through promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, requires the emergency medical services board to establish standards for a community paramedic through promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1271"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1271 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e95ed2-84b5-4881-9b31-221665606355"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1271&GA=110"
source_hash: "99847949d9615e61d2e7d0ac8a061469b238414bf510c92a8315ff25338de678"
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 1271 (110) — Health Care - As enacted, requires the emergency medical services board to establish standards for a community paramedic through promulgation of rules. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

## 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/HB1271.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/11/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **87–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-06** Re-ref. Health Committee
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0140) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0139) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0239) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0179)
- **2017-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 370
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 370

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8e95ed2-84b5-4881-9b31-221665606355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).