---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes emergency telecommunicators as first responders. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes emergency telecommunicators as first responders. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HJR 35"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 35 (114)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atchley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d288ea27-b80a-403f-8f75-9d716e8b157f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HJR0035&ga=114"
source_hash: "cade2d1740a48b44127861885054bb678af6dbb740d2cd50252133a8a3200de3"
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 HJR 35 (114) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes emergency telecommunicators as first responders. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HJR0035.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate State and Local Government Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (2) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT 2/27/2025 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atchley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-15** Intro., ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2025
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2025-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Adopted, Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-03** Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-02** Recommended for concurrence by Senate State and Local Government Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d288ea27-b80a-403f-8f75-9d716e8b157f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).