republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-228.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, rewrites provisions governing limited pilot project for certification of a training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center; creates limited pilot project for purpose of determining the impact of such training centers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, rewrites provisions governing limited pilot project for certification of a training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center; creates limited pilot project for purpose of determining the impact of such training centers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Tennessee HB 228 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97644be4-32a6-4bcf-a32b-3bb378f504b1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0228&GA=111"
source_hash: "300f4c8cd05c341b35e9f4954711ab2b64d9f112c7ab4a55fb0818c6561cec38"
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 HB 228 (111) — Public Health - As enacted, rewrites provisions governing limited pilot project for certification of a training program offered by an EMT/AEMT training center; creates limited pilot project for purpose of determining the impact of such training centers. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0061** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0061.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0109.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0418.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/5/2019 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2019 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/12/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/23/2019 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crawford — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Action Def. in s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee to 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Returned to Clerk's desk.
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Re-ref. to Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass. by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0061) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0418)
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0109)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/19
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 489
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/24/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 489

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97644be4-32a6-4bcf-a32b-3bb378f504b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).