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HB2394Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 3, relative to local funding of public safety departments.

Failed

Introduced by Michele Reneau, District 27

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, expresses the legislative intent that a county in which a county-wide fire department is established, or in which a volunteer fire department provides services, direct priority for the appropriation and allocation of county funds to fund the activities of the county-wide or volunteer fire department. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 68, Chapter 102, Part 3.

Where it stands

Failed in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

March 18, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee · March 18, 2026

0

Yes

5

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

6 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
John Crawford1No
Jerome Moon8No
Dave Wright19Not Voting
Ed Butler41No
Bo Mitchell50No
Vincent Dixie54No

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026

  6. Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/18/2026

  7. Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  8. Failed in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

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