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                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 288

 By Bailey, Haile, Hatcher, Powers, Akbari, Seal, Yager; Mr. Speaker McNally; Johnson, Rose,
 Southerland, Harshbarger, Lamar, Walley, Reeves, Roberts, Stevens, White, Bowling, Lowe,

         Massey, Hensley, Campbell, Watson, Jackson, Crowe, Briggs, Kyle, Pody, Taylor,
                                                  Gardenhire, Yarbro, Oliver

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 482

   By Gary Hicks, Garrett, Lamberth, Slater, Alexander, Faison, Warner, Barrett, Cepicky, Rudder,
Burkhart, Doggett, Crawford, Butler, Helton-Haynes, Boyd, Vaughan, Littleton, Marsh, Howell, Grills,
Gillespie, Sherrell, Moon, Terry, Lynn, Vital, Behn, Hill, Renea Jones, Capley, Freeman, Clemmons,
Mitchell, Powell, Love, Hemmer, Hawk, Hulsey, Powers, McCalmon, Eldridge, Chism, Leatherwood,

    Hakeem, Reneau, Greg Martin, Gant, Parkinson, White, Bricken, Hurt, Keisling, Davis, Moody,
          Reeves, Hardaway, Baum, Russell, Atchley, Reedy, Todd, Hale, Haston, Shaw, Miller

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-201, relative to compensation paid to
          firefighters for certain conditions or injuries.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-201(d)(1), is amended by inserting
the language "prostate cancer, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer" immediately after "testicular
cancer,".

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-201(d)(2)(A), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:

                    (iii) Any firefighter desiring to utilize the presumption established in this subsection (d)
          for prostate cancer, breast cancer, or pancreatic cancer, must obtain a physical medical
          examination after July 1, 2025, and the examination must include a cancer screening that
          fails to reveal any evidence of prostate cancer, breast cancer, or pancreatic cancer.

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 288

PASSED:  April 21, 2025

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                                             RANDY M~ALLY

                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                         CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this ~ d a y o f ~                  2025

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                         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR