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February 28, 2021
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March 3, 2021(1 event)


March 3, 2021

Specifies that the county mayor has the authority to establish and implement health policies that affect the entire county during a county-wide health emergency. Directs the county health director, health officer, and board of health to provide advice to the mayor to develop the policies. Applies only in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, Hamilton, Sullivan, and Madison counties.

Fiscal Note: (Dated December 1, 2020) NOT SIGNIFICANT

SB15 - M. Bell - 01/13/21 - Referred to Senate Health & Welfare Committee.

House Hearing Room I
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March 16, 2021(1 event)


March 16, 2021

HB772 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Payments to volunteer firefighters for completing an in-service training course. Provides annual $600 payments to volunteer firefighters who complete an inservice training course of at least 40 hours duration and appropriate to their rank, responsibility and the size and location of their department. Defines "volunteer firefighter" as an unpaid member of a fire department that is recognized by the state fire marshal and is required to extinguish and control fires. Part of Administration Package.
SB778 - J. Johnson - 02/11/21 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee.

HB335 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: Compensation paid to firefighters for certain conditions or injuries. Adds leukemia and testicular cancer to the list of cancers for which a presumption is created that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by leukemia, testicular cancer, or other listed cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence.
SB1569 - P. Bailey - 02/22/21 - Referred to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee.

HB105 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Residency requirements as condition of employment for first responder. Prohibits a local government from having residency requirements as a condition of
employment for a first responder. Broadly captioned. Amendment Summary: Senate amendment 1 (003761) replaces this bill's prohibition against local governments establishing residency requirements for first responders with a prohibition against local governments dismissing, disciplining, fining, or penalizing a first responder employed by a local government, or denying employment to a person applying to be a first responder, based on where the first responder or applicant resides. This amendment modifies this bill's definition of "first responders" to include dispatchers of law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical service departments and exclude department chiefs and heads. This amendment adds that this bill will not affect a local agencies' policies that require responses by employees who, based upon their assignment, are required to respond to an emergency or call out within a specific time period. Senate amendment 2 (004082) adds to this bill's preamble and exempts Hamilton County from the prohibition against imposing residency requirements on first responders employed by local government entities.
Fiscal Note: (Dated January 7, 2021) NOT SIGNIFICANT

SB29 - B. Kelsey - 03/04/21 - Senate passed with amendment 1 (003761) and amendment 2 (004082). Amendment 1 replaces this bill's prohibition against local governments establishing
residency requirements for first responders with a prohibition against local governments dismissing, disciplining, fining, or penalizing a first responder employed by a local government, or denying employment to a person applying to be a first responder, based on where the first responder or applicant resides. This amendment modifies this bill's definition of "first responders" to include dispatchers of law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical service departments and exclude department chiefs and heads. This amendment adds that this bill will not affect a local agencies' policies that require responses by employees who, based upon their assignment, are required to respond to an emergency or call out within a specific time period. Amendment 2 adds to this bill's preamble and exempts Hamilton County from the prohibition against imposing residency requirements on first responders employed by local government entities.

House Hearing Room II
March 17, 2021(1 event)


March 17, 2021

Specifies that the county mayor has the authority to establish and implement health policies that affect the entire county during a county-wide health emergency. Directs the county health director, health officer, and board of health to provide advice to the mayor to develop the policies. Applies only in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, Hamilton, Sullivan, and Madison counties. Amendment Summary: House amendment 1 to 1 (004445) amends provisions of Amendment 003975 to establish county boards of health act solely in advisory roles to county mayors during public health emergencies, as determined by the county mayor. House amendment 1 (003975) deletes and rewrites all language after the enacting clause such that the substantive changes: (1) establish statewide applicability; and (2) remove primacy prescribed to regulations of county boards of health over certain local ordinances.

Fiscal Note: (Dated December 1, 2020) NOT SIGNIFICANT

HB7 - J. Zachary - 03/08/21 - House passed with amendment 1 to 1 (004445) and amendment 1 (003975). Amendment 1 to 1 amends provisions of Amendment 1 to establish county boards of
health act solely in advisory roles to county mayors during public health emergencies, as determined by the county mayor. Amendment 1 deletes and rewrites all language after the enacting clause such that the substantive changes: (1) establish statewide applicability; and (2) remove primacy prescribed to regulations of county boards of health over certain local ordinances.

Senate Hearing Room I
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