Health Care - As enacted, requires the Tennessee peace officer standards and training (POST) commission to adopt guidelines and materials instructing law enforcement officers on the best practices for recognizing and responding to a medical crisis involving a person under arrest or under the care or supervision of the law enforcement officer. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 41 and Title 68.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Jan 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Feb 1, 2023
Signed Mar 7, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2024 · House Feb 8, 2024
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 22, 2024
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Mar 7, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 3
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 1/31/2024
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/23/2024
lower
Mar 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to First Calendar of 2024
lower
Mar 22, 2023
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/28/2023
lower
Feb 7, 2023
Committee
Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
P2C, ref. to State Government Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2023
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Yusuf Hakeem
DDemocratic
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