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Bill Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes an emergency communications district to purchase, in lieu of surety bonds, fidelity bonds to cover any losses from breach of the condition of faithful discharge of the duties of any board member, executive committee member, employee, officer, or any other authorized person of an emergency communications district who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 8. Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes an emergency communications district to purchase, in lieu of surety bonds, fidelity bonds to cover any losses from breach of the condition of faithful discharge of the duties of any board member, executive committee member, employee, officer, or any other authorized person of an emergency communications district who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 8. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 SB 970 Tennessee SB 970 (110)
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Tennessee SB 970 (110) — Emergency Communications Districts - As enacted, authorizes an emergency communications district to purchase, in lieu of surety bonds, fidelity bonds to cover any losses from breach of the condition of faithful discharge of the duties of any board member, executive committee member, employee, officer, or any other authorized person of an emergency communications district who receives public funds, has authority to make expenditures from public funds, or has access to any public funds. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 8.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2017 Passed (1) — 840 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/4/2017 Passed (2) — 100 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — 300 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed (3) — 90 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Niceley — primary (person)
  • Sexton J — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 Intro. introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2017-02-13 P1C.
  • 2017-02-15 Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 P2C, ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2017-03-22 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
  • 2017-03-22 Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
  • 2017-03-28 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2017-03-29 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
  • 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
  • 2017-03-29 Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
  • 2017-04-04 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/11/2017
  • 2017-04-05 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-04-11 Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/18/2017
  • 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/18/2017
  • 2017-04-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
  • 2017-04-17 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2017-04-17 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
  • 2017-04-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0214)
  • 2017-04-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2017-04-19 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2017-04-19 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/25/2017
  • 2017-04-19 Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/25/2017
  • 2017-04-25 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
  • 2017-04-25 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-04-25 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
  • 2017-04-26 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to next Calendar
  • 2017-05-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
  • 2017-05-02 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-05-02 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/2/2017
  • 2017-05-02 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-05-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
  • 2017-05-05 Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2017-05-05 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0542) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2017-05-05 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2017-05-05 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2017-05-09 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2017-05-09 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2017-05-09 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2017-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2017-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-05-23 Pub. Ch. 418
  • 2017-05-23 Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
  • 2017-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 418

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55a1d820-7b2d-4cc6-81d9-b3aec74d9618. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).