---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, extends the same police powers that municipal fire investigators have to certain salaried county fire investigators. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1315 and Title 68, Chapter 102."
description: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, extends the same police powers that municipal fire investigators have to certain salaried county fire investigators. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1315 and Title 68, Chapter 102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "Tennessee SB 267 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Prevention and Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Terry"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/239dbd60-8982-43d9-8967-8986b4cf34ba"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0267&GA=111"
source_hash: "8e5d6f58a84d16c6008f217bc85805912ab3a74ff479847cfa731df2258d94d3"
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 267 (111) — Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, extends the same police powers that municipal fire investigators have to certain salaried county fire investigators. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1315 and Title 68, Chapter 102.

## 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/111/Bill/SB0267.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/29/2019 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Placed behind the budget 4/10/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS & SENTENCING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/13/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Terry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Constitutional Protections & Sentencing Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass; 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 on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-04-10** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **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`
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 352
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 352

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/239dbd60-8982-43d9-8967-8986b4cf34ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).