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Bill Local Government, General - As enacted, designates ambulance service as an essential service, directs all county governing bodies to make provisions to ensure that at least one licensed ambulance service is available within their county, authorizes municipal governing bodies to make provisions for ambulance service within the boundaries of a municipality, and authorizes the governing body of any county or city to adopt and enforce reasonable regulations to control the provision of private or nonprofit ambulance service. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 61 and Title 68. Local Government, General - As enacted, designates ambulance service as an essential service, directs all county governing bodies to make provisions to ensure that at least one licensed ambulance service is available within their county, authorizes municipal governing bodies to make provisions for ambulance service within the boundaries of a municipality, and authorizes the governing body of any county or city to adopt and enforce reasonable regulations to control the provision of private or nonprofit ambulance service. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 61 and Title 68. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1597 Tennessee SB 1597 (112)
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Tennessee SB 1597 (112) — Local Government, General - As enacted, designates ambulance service as an essential service, directs all county governing bodies to make provisions to ensure that at least one licensed ambulance service is available within their county, authorizes municipal governing bodies to make provisions for ambulance service within the boundaries of a municipality, and authorizes the governing body of any county or city to adopt and enforce reasonable regulations to control the provision of private or nonprofit ambulance service. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 61 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0065 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0038 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/24/2021 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — 880 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/9/2021 (5) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bailey — primary (person)
  • Keisling — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2021-03-02 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
  • 2021-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
  • 2021-03-03 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-09 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2021-03-09 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
  • 2021-03-16 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
  • 2021-03-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
  • 2021-03-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-03-22 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-03-22 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0038)
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Rec for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-25 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-03-30 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
  • 2021-04-01 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
  • 2021-04-08 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-04-08 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-04-08 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0065) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2021-04-08 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-04-08 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-04-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-04-13 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-04-13 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-04-14 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-04-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-03 Effective date(s) 04/22/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Pub. Ch. 212
  • 2021-05-03 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 212

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b476f56f-36d3-4893-be53-2d929f328128. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).