Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB1753: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 58, Chapter 2 and Title 58, Chapter 8, relative to emergency response.
Status: Chaptered, May 18, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 13, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1753, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, require a local emergency management agency to annually require all employees to receive training provided by the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) on the Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004, and the Interlocal Cooperation Act. The completion of such training must be documented in the employee's personnel or training file and by TEMA. This amendment encourages the chief executive of each police department, sheriff's department, fire department, public works department, highway department, municipal utility, or county or municipal finance office that is a participating government entity to designate employees to receive the above-described training provided by TEMA. Any completed training must be documented by TEMA.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No. 1 to HB1753 Crawford Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2004 House Bill No. 1753* by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1, is amended by adding the following as a new section: (a) Each local emergency management agency shall, on an annual basis: (1) Require all employees to receive training provided by TEMA on the Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004, compiled in title 58, chapter 8, and the lnterlocal Cooperation Act, compiled in title 12, chapter 9; and (2) Document the completion of the training required by subdivision (a)(1) in the employee's personnel or training file. (b) The chief executive of each police department, sheriff's department, fire department, public works department, highway department, municipal utility, or county or municipal finance office that is a participating governmental entity, as defined by § 58-8102, is encouraged to designate employees to receive the training provided by TEMA in subdivision (a)(1). (c) TEMA shall document the completion of training required by subdivision (a)(1). SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it. HA1092