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                     PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 957

                     HOUSE BILL NO. 1753

                     By Representatives Howell, Parkinson

                     Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2004

                     By Senators Hatcher, Bailey, Bowling

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 58, Chapter
2 and Title 58, Chapter 8, relative to emergency response.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:

(a) Each local emergency management agency shall, on an annual basis:

          (1) Require au employees to receive training provided by TEMA on the
Mutual Aid and Emergency and Disaster Assistance Agreement Act of 2004,
compiled in title 58, chapter 8, and the lnterlocal Cooperation Act, compiled in
title 12, chapter 9; and

         (2) Document the completion of the training required by subdivision (a)(1)
in the employee's personnel or training file.

(b) The chief executive of each police department, sheriff's department, fire

department, public works department, highway department, municipal utility, or county or

municipal finance office that is a participating governmental entity, as defined by§ 58-8-

102, is encouraged to designate employees to receive the training provided by TEMA in

subdivision (a)(1).                                                              fi·

          (c) TEMA shall document the completion of training required by subdivision
(a)(1).

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 11 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 1753

PASSED:  April 21, 2026

                            CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                          RANDY MCNALLY

                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this <'jtJ... day of y Y \ 6     2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR