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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends compensation for death of emergency responders to emergency medical technicians and paramedics; authorizes local governments to continue to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children of an emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 27."
description: "Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends compensation for death of emergency responders to emergency medical technicians and paramedics; authorizes local governments to continue to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children of an emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Tennessee SB 29 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Health", "Accident"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Weaver"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf5a819e-defe-4184-bbe6-a87c24a9ae1d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0029&GA=111"
source_hash: "0214975b03664e7b0c6fee89ce57149f99dac45d2585db5ef99b69da2fabdfa0"
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 29 (111) — Insurance, Health, Accident - As enacted, extends compensation for death of emergency responders to emergency medical technicians and paramedics; authorizes local governments to continue to provide health insurance to the surviving spouse and children of an emergency medical technician or paramedic killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2 and Title 8, Chapter 27.
## 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/111/Bill/SB0029.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/27/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/19/2019 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2019 Passed — **330** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/19/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/16/2020 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/18/2020 Passed — **890** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/16/2020 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/18/2020 6/17/2020 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/18/2020 Passed — **890** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Haile — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-11** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-19** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed behind the budget
- **2020-06-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020
- **2020-06-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/16/2020
- **2020-06-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 6/16/2020
- **2020-06-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/18/2020
- **2020-06-18** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 776
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 07/15/2020
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 776
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf5a819e-defe-4184-bbe6-a87c24a9ae1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).