---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes, as a pilot project in Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Johnson, and Hawkins counties, the emergency medical services board to certify training programs for certain emergency medical services personnel operated by licensed ambulance services; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
description: "Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes, as a pilot project in Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Johnson, and Hawkins counties, the emergency medical services board to certify training programs for certain emergency medical services personnel operated by licensed ambulance services; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1873"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1873 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa370edc-b495-49ee-8b39-6ddd8b44f440"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1873&GA=110"
source_hash: "4ac941ba83243f16424c21e55d2edc397d993ac3d24604f92669057563a52d17"
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 1873 (110) — Health, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes, as a pilot project in Sullivan, Washington, Carter, Johnson, and Hawkins counties, the emergency medical services board to certify training programs for certain emergency medical services personnel operated by licensed ambulance services; enacts other related provisions. - 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/SB1873.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2018 PASSED — **85–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2018 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-18** Reset on Final cal. of Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA1127)
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0720)
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0719)
- **2018-04-23** Reset on Final cal. of Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 4 - HA1294) `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1294) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA1092) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1091) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1090) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 998
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 998

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa370edc-b495-49ee-8b39-6ddd8b44f440`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).