Tennessee - Session 114
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33 and Title 38, relative to alternative crisis response units.
This bill requires the peace officer standards and training commission to (i) establish uniform training standards for alternative crisis response units for all l aw enforcement agencies and (ii) annually provide full-time police officers with training on how to best support a qualified mental health professional to a call for service with the alternative crisis response unit. As used in this bill, an " a lternative crisis response unit"" means a program where a qualified mental health professional, who is employed by a law enforcement agency, accompanies a full-time police officer on mental-health related calls for service, and the qualified mental health profession a l is considered the lead on the call . By January 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency must develop and implement an alternative crisis unit."
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-25 | Status | failed |
| 2026-03-25 | Latest Action | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
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| HB 1630 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2, relative to workers' compensation. | enrolled |
| HB 1644 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39; Title 57, Chapter 7; Title 63 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 10, relative to the "Nitrous Oxide Abuse Prevention and Retail Sale Prohibition Act.""" | enrolled |
| HB 1649 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 38; Title 39; Title 50; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to Kratom. | in_committee |
| HB 1672 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9, Chapter 13, Part 2 and Title 9, Chapter 21, Part 7, relative to local government debt. | enrolled |
| HB 1694 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 44, Chapter 17; Title 63, Chapter 12 and Title 68, Chapter 140, relative to emergency services for specially trained animals. | failed |
| HB 1709 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 7; Title 20; Title 23; Title 33; Title 37; Title 39; Title 42; Title 43; Title 44; Title 45; Title 46; Title 47; Title 49; Title 52; Title 53; Title 55; Title 56; Title 57; Title 59; Title 60; Title 62; Title 63; Title 67; Title 68; Title 69; Title 70; Title 71 and Chapter 463 of the Public Acts of 2025, relative to the regulation of professions. | in_committee |