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Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Industrial Impact of Commerce of Commerce Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1873. Fire Prevention and Investigation - Authorizes a county having a metropolitan form of government to establish a fire company in-service fire inspection program. - Amends TCA Section 68-120-113. Fiscal Summary for *HB1070 / SB1873 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB1070 / SB1873 Under present law, officials with jurisdiction to enforce building and fire codes must be certified by the state fire marshal within 12 months of employment. Certification may be based on certification by appropriate professional building and fire code organizations. It may also be based on seven years of continuous employment as a building inspector and having attained 60 years of age; or be based on one year of employment as an inspector, having attained [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1070. Fire Prevention and Investigation - Authorizes a county having a metropolitan form of government to establish a fire company in-service fire inspection program. - Amends TCA Section 68-120-113. Fiscal Summary for SB1873 / *HB1070 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for SB1873 / *HB1070 Under present law, officials with jurisdiction to enforce building and fire codes must be certified by the state fire marshal within 12 months of employment. Certification may be based on certification by appropriate professional building and fire code organizations. It may also be based on seven years of continuous employment as a building inspector and having attained 60 years of age; or be based on one year of employment as an inspector, having attained [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 237 Bill TextFirefighters - Directs the Tennessee commission on fire fighting personnel standards and education to approve all fire services curricula offered through the Tennessee fire services and codes enforcement academy. - Amends TCA Section 4-24-106 and Section 68-102-201. Fiscal Summary for *HB0223 / SB0257Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - Public Chapter 16 Bill TextFirefighters - Prohibits state employees from being appointed to the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education, but does not affect terms of current members of the commission. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB0231 / SB0259MINIMAL
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 567 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0869. Firefighters - Sets annual in-service training pay bonus supplement for eligible firefighters and police at $600. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2; Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1 and Title 56, Chapter 4, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0290 / SB0869 Increase State Expenditures - $855,000 Bill Summary for *HB0290 / SB0869 Under present law, firefighters and police officers who complete an annual in-service training course of at least 40 hours are entitled to a pay supplement. The supplement amount is 5 percent of the firefighter's or officer's salary, but may not exceed $600. In the case of police officers, if 5 percent of the officer's salary is less than $600, the officer is entitled to the $600 supplement. This bill sets the firefighter and police officer pay supplement at a flat [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Public Chapter 527 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1295. Firefighters - Encourages gender-friendliness in fire stations constructed after June 26, 2007; urges creation of gender-friendly conditions at existing stations. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7. Fiscal Summary for *HB0620 / SB1295 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $120,000/One-Time* Other Fiscal Impact - If new fire stations are built after passage of the bill that would not have been constructed in a "gender-friendly" manner in the absence of this bill, there will be an increase in local government expenditures that could reasonably be estimated to exceed $100,000 statewide. Bill Summary for *HB0620 / SB1295 This bill mandates gender-friendly facilities in fire stations. Any fire station that is constructed after the date that this bill becomes a law must have separate restroom facilities,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Local Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1505. Firefighters - Provides for certain negotiations between firefighters and local governments. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51. Fiscal Summary for *HB1189 / SB1505 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 Bill Summary for *HB1189 / SB1505 This bill gives the employees of fire departments the right to self-organization, to form or be assisted by organizations, to negotiate through representatives, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of professional negotiations or other aid and protection. This bill does not annul or modify any agreement already entered into between a municipality and a professional employees' organization, but when that agreement is terminated the recognition of any subsequent professional employees' organization would be governed by this bill. RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextFirefighters - Revises amount of supplement income bonus for eligible firefighters from $600 annually to at least $600 annually up to 5 percent of each qualified firefighter's annual salary. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24 and Title 56, Chapter 4, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB1528 / *SB0646 Increase State Expenditures - $854,000 - $5,984,000
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee State Government of S&LG Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1811. Firefighters - Allows firefighters to receive state educational incentives up to $1,000 upon achieving certain certifications defined by the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education. - Amends TCA Section 4-24-201 and Section 4-24-202. Fiscal Summary for HB1559 / *SB1811Increase State Expenditures - $16,026,300 Recurring $21,023,400 One-Time Bill Summary for HB1559 / *SB1811 This bill creates a state educational incentive in an amount up to $1,000 for any firefighter who achieves certification as a firefighter (FF1), firefighter2 (FF2), apparatus operator instructor, or fire officer. This bill also broadens the relevant statutory definition of "firefighter." Under present law, the definition includes any person employed by a unit of government who is a member of a fire department [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1793. Firefighters - Requires full-time, part-time, or volunteer firefighters hired or accepted on or after July 1, 2007, to meet certain minimum training requirements. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB1560 / *SB1793Increase State Expenditures - $385,000/Per year through FY09-10 $15,000/One-Time $317,000/Recurring FY10-11 and Thereafter Increase State Revenues - $228,000/Per year through FY09-10 $160,000/Recurring FY10-11 and Thereafter Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $228,000/Through FY09-10 $160,000/Recurring FY10-11 and Thereafter Bill Summary for HB1560 / *SB1793 [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 791 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4130. Employees, Employers - Grants authority for volunteer firefighters who work all night fighting a fire or who are on call to take the following day off from work as a vacation day or sick leave day without loss of pay in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4175 / SB4130 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB4175 / SB4130 Present law prohibits any employer from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter solely because the employee, when acting as a volunteer firefighter, is absent or late to work in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time the employee is to report to work. An employer may charge any time that an employee who is a volunteer firefighter loses from employment because of such employee's response to an emergency against the employee's regular pay. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 791 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4175. Employees, Employers - Grants authority for volunteer firefighters who work all night fighting a fire or who are on call to take the following day off from work as a vacation day or sick leave day without loss of pay in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4130 / *HB4175 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB4130 / *HB4175 Present law prohibits any employer from terminating an employee who is a volunteer firefighter solely because the employee, when acting as a volunteer firefighter, is absent or late to work in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time the employee is to report to work. An employer may charge any time that an employee who is a volunteer firefighter loses from employment because of such employee's response to an emergency against the employee's regular pay. [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means of Finance, Ways & Means Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2829. Firefighters - Revises firefighter pay supplement to not more than 5 percent of a qualified firefighter's annual salary. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24 and Title 56, Chapter 4, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3952 / *SB2829Increase State Expenditures - $8,179,500 Bill Summary for HB3952 / *SB2829 Under present law, any unit of government with firefighters who successfully complete an annual in-service training course, appropriate to the firefighter's rank and responsibility and the size and location of the firefighter's department, of at least 40 hours duration is entitled to receive a pay supplement of $600 to be paid to the firefighter in addition to the firefighter's regular salary. This bill revises the amount of the supplement to be "not less than $600 nor more than 5 percent of the firefighter's annual [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 783 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3681. Municipal Government - Allows Sullivan County to select the color scheme of the municipality's ambulances, provided that the color scheme is the same used for the municipality's fire department vehicles. - Amends TCA Section 68-140-526. Fiscal Summary for SB3928 / *HB3681 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $10,000/Permissive Bill Summary for SB3928 / *HB3681 Under present law, the rules of the department of health mandate the color scheme for ambulances. Statutory law creates an exception to those rules to allow Nashville/Davidson County and municipalities in Shelby County that own, operate, or maintain ambulances as a part of the services provided by the municipality to select the color of its ambulances. Under this exception, the color scheme must be the same as is used by the fire department in the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 783 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3928. Municipal Government - Allows Sullivan County to select the color scheme of the municipality's ambulances, provided that the color scheme is the same used for the municipality's fire department vehicles. - Amends TCA Section 68-140-526. Fiscal Summary for *HB3681 / SB3928 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $10,000/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB3681 / SB3928 Under present law, the rules of the department of health mandate the color scheme for ambulances. Statutory law creates an exception to those rules to allow Nashville/Davidson County and municipalities in Shelby County that own, operate, or maintain ambulances as a part of the services provided by the municipality to select the color of its ambulances. Under this exception, the color scheme must be the same as is used by the fire department in the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 781 Bill TextFirefighters - Allows the commission on firefighting personnel standards and education to certify individuals who complete an approved recruit training program. - Amends TCA Section 4-24-107. Fiscal Summary for HB3347 / *SB3812Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Budget of Finance, Ways and Means of Finance, Ways & Means Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3457. Firefighters - Requires certain procedures for privatizing fire and related services. - Fiscal Summary for *HB3159 / SB3457 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB3159 / SB3457 Under this bill, a majority vote of the affected political subdivision would be required in order to privatize fire protection services and emergency medical services. This bill would not affect current contracts with private companies that are in existence on the date that this bill becomes a law.
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 799 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3404. Firefighters - Authorizes paid career paramedics in a county in which a fire department operates its own fire training academy to receive paramedic training at such facility upon written interlocal agreement; specifies that any fire department that operates its own fire training academy has the option of permitting a fire fighter recruit to have between three and five years to complete the training for certification as a paramedic. - Amends TCA Section 68-140-527. Fiscal Summary for HB3279 / *SB3404Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $20,000/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3279 / *SB3404 ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3279, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 revises the present law provisions regarding paramedic training. Under present law, in order to be certified, a paramedic training [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 799 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3279. Firefighters - Authorizes paid career paramedics in a county in which a fire department operates its own fire training academy to receive paramedic training at such facility upon written interlocal agreement; specifies that any fire department that operates its own fire training academy has the option of permitting a fire fighter recruit to have between three and five years to complete the training for certification as a paramedic. - Amends TCA Section 68-140-527. Fiscal Summary for *SB3404 / HB3279Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $20,000/Permissive Bill Summary for *SB3404 / HB3279 ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 3279, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 revises the present law provisions regarding paramedic training. Under present law, in order to be certified, a paramedic training [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate S&L Govt. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3159. Firefighters - Requires certain procedures for privatizing fire and related services. - Fiscal Summary for SB3457 / *HB3159 Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for SB3457 / *HB3159 Under this bill, a majority vote of the affected political subdivision would be required in order to privatize fire protection services and emergency medical services. This bill would not affect current contracts with private companies that are in existence on the date that this bill becomes a law.
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