---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care - As enacted, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to adopt guidelines and materials instructing law enforcement officers on the best practices for recognizing and responding to a medical crisis involving a person under arrest or under the care or supervision of the law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 41 and Title 68."
description: "Health Care - As enacted, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to adopt guidelines and materials instructing law enforcement officers on the best practices for recognizing and responding to a medical crisis involving a person under arrest or under the care or supervision of the law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 41 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1170 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hakeem"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e407f6be-b4cd-4d3b-bbe5-cb8395ea8b5b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1170&GA=113"
source_hash: "3732a9bef2baea44c06d5a2e19aa3734543dd152585f771e86b62b97d4afe6f8"
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 1170 (113) — Health Care - As enacted, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to adopt guidelines and materials instructing law enforcement officers on the best practices for recognizing and responding to a medical crisis involving a person under arrest or under the care or supervision of the law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 41 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1170.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2024 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 1/23/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 1/31/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024 2/1/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hakeem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2024
- **2024-01-17** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/23/2024
- **2024-01-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 1/31/2024
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules for 2/1/2024
- **2024-01-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/8/2024
- **2024-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-08** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-02-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date(s) 03/07/2024
- **2024-03-15** Pub. Ch. 527

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e407f6be-b4cd-4d3b-bbe5-cb8395ea8b5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).