republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-1440.md

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Bill	Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.	Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 1440	Tennessee HB 1440 (111)	bill	Law Enforcement	enacted	Briggs Todd	4	49	9	2019-02-06	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6b640d13-9d47-430f-ace4-bacb66c6a4dd	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1440&GA=111	68b55035b62860d93509a34c340f15fb92c99192edaecd54f82088d300315fde	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1440 (111) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, makes denial of a claim made by the estate of a law enforcement officer for the annuity payable to the estate of an emergency responder who is killed in the line of duty subject to review by the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission within 90 days of the claim's denial; redefines "law enforcement officer" for purposes of determining which law enforcement officers are considered an emergency responder whose estate would be eligible for the annuity. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0431 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0350 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0431 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 4/3/2019 (6) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 3 4/16/2019 Passed (3) — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/24/2019 Passed (2) — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)
• Todd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-06 Intro. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 P1C.
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 P2C, ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-13 Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-03 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
• 2019-04-09 No Action Taken
• 2019-04-09 Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-04-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 5, Nays 1 PNV 3
• 2019-04-17 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-17 Placed behind the budget
• 2019-04-18 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
• 2019-04-23 Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-23 Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-24 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
• 2019-04-24 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2019-04-25 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-30 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-30 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-04-30 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0350)
• 2019-04-30 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0431)
• 2019-05-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-05-01 Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-05-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0431) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-05-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 395
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 395
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b640d13-9d47-430f-ace4-bacb66c6a4dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).