# Tennessee HB 2477: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to compensation for emergency responder deaths in the line of duty. Tennessee HB 2477, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to compensation for emergency responder deaths in the line of duty., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status failed, last action 2026-05-05 (Comp. became Pub. Ch. 721); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2477-2025-2026 - 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 2477 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to compensation for emergency responder deaths in the line of duty. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-05-05, Comp. became Pub. Ch. 721 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 58 - Subjects: Firefighters - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (23 yes, 0 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: Jody Barrett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Charlie Baum (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ed Butler (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Karen D. Camper (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Kip Capley (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michele Carringer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Jesse Chism (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: John Ray Clemmons (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: John Crawford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Vincent Dixie (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Johnny Garrett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Gillespie (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ronnie Glynn (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Yusuf Hakeem (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: T.J. Hardaway (Democrat), 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: Bud Hulsey (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Hurt (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House - Cosponsor: William Lamberth (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Michael Lankford (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tom Leatherwood (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mary Littleton (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Harold Love, Jr. (Democrat), 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: Kevin D. Raper (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Reeves - Cosponsor: Michele Reneau (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Lowell Russell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Rick Scarbrough (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Johnny Shaw (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kevin Vaughan (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Greg Vital (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Todd Warner (Republican), House - Cosponsor: White - Cosponsor: Dave Wright (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-26 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (18) - 2026-05-05: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 721 - 2026-03-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-26: Comp. SB subst. (House) - 2026-03-24: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-19: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/19/2026 (House) - 2026-03-18: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-11: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-03-11: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House) - 2026-03-04: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026 (House) - 2026-02-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (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 - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0721.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2212.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2477.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 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 2223: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks. (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) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0721.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2212.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2477.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 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 2223: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, relative to fireworks.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2223-2025-2026) - [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) - [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-HB2477-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).