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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "HB 719"
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citation: "Tennessee HB 719 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Keisling"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/529c2c5d-4680-4aa8-9119-4ca751db387d"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0719&GA=112"
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source_hash: "9ba0e1a5379c7bf51c2942cddf1c9c11271ad42c5fbcb713d18dbb531b688ab3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee HB 719 (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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0065** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0065.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0038** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0038.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0719.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/9/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021 4/1/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/16/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- 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) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- 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) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2021 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bailey — primary (person)
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- Keisling — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
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- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
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- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
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- **2021-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
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- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/22/2021
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- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0038)
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- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/30/2021
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- **2021-03-24** Rec for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/1/2021
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- **2021-04-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
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- **2021-04-08** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2021-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0065) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2021-04-13** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2021-04-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2021-04-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 212
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- **2021-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/22/2021
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- **2021-05-03** Pub. Ch. 212
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/529c2c5d-4680-4aa8-9119-4ca751db387d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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