# Tennessee HB 2428: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. Tennessee HB 2428, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-27 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1104); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2428-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 2428 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1104 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 47 - Subjects: Criminal Offenses - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (60 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Fred Atchley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Charlie Baum (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Clark Boyd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rusty Grills (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Michael Hale (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kirk Haston (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Esther Helton-Haynes (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Gary Hicks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Timothy Hill (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kelly Keisling (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Lankford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Martin (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jerome Moon (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Powers - Cosponsor: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Cameron Sexton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Johnny Shaw (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Slater (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Vaughan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House - Cosponsor: White ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-16 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-04-14 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 24 | 1 | | | 2026-04-08 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-04-01 | House | HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 | | ## Actions (28) - 2026-05-27: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1104 - 2026-04-22: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-21: Sponsor(s) withdrawn. (House) - 2026-04-21: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-21: Comp. SB subst. (House) - 2026-04-14: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026 (House) - 2026-04-14: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026 (House) - 2026-04-14: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/14/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-04-01: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026 (House) - 2026-04-01: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House) - 2026-04-01: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. Judiciary Committee for 4/1/2026 (House) - 2026-03-25: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/25/2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/25/2026 (House) - 2026-03-12: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-09: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-05: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-02-20: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-02-05: Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee (House) - 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Judiciary Committee (House) - 2026-02-04: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-02-03: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1104.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1900.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2428.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2381: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 65 and Title 68, relative to utilities. (failed) - HB 2309: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to criminal conduct. (failed) - HB 2210: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Title 67, Chapter 4, relative to disaster response. (failed) - HB 2204: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 38, relative to compensation of law enforcement officers. (failed) - HB 2223: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks. (failed) - HB 2091: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 9, relative to off-highway vehicles. (failed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1104.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1900.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2428.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2381: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2381-2025-2026) - [HB 2309: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29 and Title 39, relative to cr…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2309-2025-2026) - [HB 2210: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2210-2025-2026) - [HB 2204: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9 and Title 3…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2204-2025-2026) - [HB 2223: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2223-2025-2026) - [HB 2091: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 9, relative to off-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2091-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2428-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).