Tennessee House Bill HB0271

Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/21/25
• Refer: 2/3/25
• Refer: 2/10/25
• Engrossed: 2/20/25
• Enrolled: 3/4/25
• Passed: 3/26/25
• Chaptered: 3/31/25

Caption

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3, relative to the Tennessee emergency medical services board.

Summary

HB0271 makes a narrow administrative change to Tennessee law governing the Tennessee emergency medical services board. The bill amends Title 4, Chapter 29, which contains the state’s list of boards and commissions subject to periodic review and reauthorization, by removing the board from one subdivision and adding it to another subdivision that continues the board’s statutory existence under Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3. In practical terms, the bill preserves the Tennessee emergency medical services board as an active state entity and aligns the cross-references in the Tennessee Code with the board’s enabling statute. The measure does not appear to change the board’s duties, membership, or regulatory powers; instead, it updates the legal framework so the board remains properly listed in the state’s sunset/continuation provisions.

Impact

The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 4-29-246 and 4-29-250 to remove the Tennessee emergency medical services board from one list of entities and place it in the list of boards that are continued in law. This affects the board’s status under state administrative law and ensures its continued operation under § 68-140-303, but it does not create new substantive EMS regulations or alter provider licensing requirements directly.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been noncontroversial and broadly supported. It passed the House Government Operations Committee unanimously, then cleared the House on consent calendar passage with no dissenting votes, and later passed the final House action unanimously as well. The voting history suggests routine agreement that the board should remain in place and that the statutory housekeeping change was appropriate.

Contention

There is little evidence of substantive contention in the available record. Because the bill is a technical continuation measure for the Tennessee emergency medical services board, any discussion likely centered on administrative cleanup rather than policy disagreement. No committee transcript is available, and the unanimous votes indicate no recorded opposition from legislators or stakeholders in the materials provided.