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SB0888 • 2026

Firefighters

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 8; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55 and Title 68, relative to firefighters.

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Sponsor
Reeves, Marsh
Last action
2025-03-18
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and bill text do not provide details about the requirement for thirty-day advance notice or specific applications across various titles of Tennessee Code Annotated.

Firefighter Commissioner Notification Rules

This bill changes the notification period for vacancies or expirations in firefighter commissioner positions from two weeks to fifteen days.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit for notifying associations of a vacancy or term expiration from two weeks to fifteen days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Firefighter associations that receive notifications about vacancies or expirations in commissioner positions.
  • The chair of the commission who must give these notifications.

Terms To Know

Commissioner
A person appointed to a position on a governing board, often overseeing specific areas like firefighters.
Vacancy
An empty or unoccupied position due to someone leaving their job.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the notification is not made on time.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect the process of filling vacancies in commissioner positions.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  3. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  4. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/19/2025

  5. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/19/2025

  6. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  7. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  8. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  9. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  10. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  11. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  12. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  13. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  14. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  15. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 832
By Marsh

SENATE BILL 888
By Reeves

SB0888
002991
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 7; Title 8; Title 49; Title 50; Title 55 and Title
68, relative to firefighters.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 4-24-104(c)(4)(A), is amended by
deleting "two (2) weeks" and substituting "fifteen (15) days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.