---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, enacts the \"Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disaster Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 58; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68."
description: "Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, enacts the \"Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disaster Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 58; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 551"
citation: "Tennessee HB 551 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hazlewood", "Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3db2934-59aa-4d21-bc2c-c10e18be7930"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0551&GA=111"
source_hash: "c7f3ce6d57201c2113e3c38e40ad67ac05320e2f63c13f7d05d00893d071e923"
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 551 (111) — Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, enacts the "Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disaster Act." - Amends TCA Title 58; Title 62; Title 67 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0175.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0092.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0551.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/6/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hazlewood — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Action def. in State Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0092)
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in State Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-30** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0175) `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0175) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 378
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 378
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3db2934-59aa-4d21-bc2c-c10e18be7930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).