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type: "Bill"
title: "Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58."
description: "Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 763"
citation: "Tennessee SB 763 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e726c5c-f8b9-4faf-8a1a-a1485d8711c9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0763&GA=110"
source_hash: "61df22987930842542296082b320e29a5072621209315a70500070d9b572c910"
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 763 (110) — Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) - As enacted, establishes that local emergency management agency personnel have all rights, benefits, privileges, and protections available pursuant to state and local laws, including death benefits in the amount of $25,000. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 58.
## 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/110/Bill/SB0763.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2017 Passed (2) — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Halford — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to First Responder Calendar
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** 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. 408
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 408
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e726c5c-f8b9-4faf-8a1a-a1485d8711c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).