---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, creates the rescue squad grant program to provide annual grants to rescue squads for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training; directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to evaluate grant requests and select grant award recipients each year. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102."
description: "Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, creates the rescue squad grant program to provide annual grants to rescue squads for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training; directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to evaluate grant requests and select grant award recipients each year. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1865"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1865 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Prevention and Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cea484a-dedf-4977-ad37-cd9595f6e84e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1865&ga=114"
source_hash: "04cce69aeb3640bc16d6ce707083be7dca736445f0191efd7dd377246d7e29e7"
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 1865 (114) — Fire Prevention and Investigation - As enacted, creates the rescue squad grant program to provide annual grants to rescue squads for the purchase of firefighting equipment and training; directs the commissioner of commerce and insurance to evaluate grant requests and select grant award recipients each year. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0618.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1865.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/17/2026 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2026 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026
- **2026-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0618) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-19** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0618) `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-06** Pub. Ch. 652

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cea484a-dedf-4977-ad37-cd9595f6e84e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).