# Tennessee HB 2446: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to grants to volunteer fire departments. Tennessee HB 2446, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to grants to volunteer fire departments., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/21/2026, 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2446-2025-2026 - 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 2446 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to grants to volunteer fire departments. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/21/2026, 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 12 - Subjects: Fire Prevention and Investigation - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 8 (198 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New vehicle grants for volunteer fire departments: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m., Tennessee provides annual vehicle grants to selected volunteer fire departments. Grants help pay the local share required for federal vehicle grants, but cannot cover that entire share. The commerce and insurance commissioner selects departments, sets state co… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Powers - Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: White ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 91 | 0 | | | 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 26 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 13 | 0 | | | 2026-03-30 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2026-03-24 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 19 | 0 | | | 2026-03-18 | House | HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (41) - 2026-05-27: Effective date(s) 05/21/2026, 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-27: Pub. Ch. 1031 - 2026-05-21: Signed by Governor. - 2026-05-11: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-05-05: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-28: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-22: Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1050) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0660) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-04-21: Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1201) (House) - 2026-04-21: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-21: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0799) (House) - 2026-04-16: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 (House) - 2026-04-16: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed behind the budget (House) - 2026-04-01: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026 (House) - 2026-03-30: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-30: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House) - 2026-03-30: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/30/2026 (House) - 2026-03-24: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/18/2026 (House) - 2026-03-05: Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/11/2026 (House) - 2026-02-05: Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee (House) - 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-02-04: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-02-03: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA1201 (Substitute), 2026-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1201.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1031.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2338.pdf) - HA0799: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0799.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2446.pdf) - SA0660: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0660.pdf) - SA1050: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1050.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2428: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. (failed) - 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 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 2210: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 58 and Title 67, Chapter 4, relative to disaster response. (failed) ## Sources - [HA1201 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1201.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1031.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2338.pdf) - [HA0799 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0799.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2446.pdf) - [SA0660 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0660.pdf) - [SA1050 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1050.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2428: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to fi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2428-2025-2026) - [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 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 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) - [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-HB2446-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).