---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters - As enacted, conditions a firefighter's use of the presumption that certain conditions arose out of the firefighter's employment on the firefighter obtaining a physical medical examination that confirms the firefighter to be cancer-free. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201."
description: "Firefighters - As enacted, conditions a firefighter's use of the presumption that certain conditions arose out of the firefighter's employment on the firefighter obtaining a physical medical examination that confirms the firefighter to be cancer-free. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2863"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2863 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Hicks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-22"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a2ec6f7-3f6a-4726-a09c-da151e24ba19"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2863&GA=111"
source_hash: "27b30e56a01a29be141630620e4ecb1ea487e4ca3490204a1780cc4f26c71629"
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 2863 (111) — Firefighters - As enacted, conditions a firefighter's use of the presumption that certain conditions arose out of the firefighter's employment on the firefighter obtaining a physical medical examination that confirms the firefighter to be cancer-free. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-201.

## 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/SB2863.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/4/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/15/2020 Passed (2) — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/11/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/5/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/15/2020 Passed (1) — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2020 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-11** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-15** Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 1, PNV 18 `passage`
- **2020-06-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 754
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 754

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a2ec6f7-3f6a-4726-a09c-da151e24ba19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).