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As enacted, extends the period for the estate of an emergency responder killed in the line of duty from three years from the date of death to the later of such date or the date of a final order of a court, administrative law judge, or authorized state or local official designating the death as being in the line of duty; extends the period for an estate to file an appeal of a denial from 90 days to one year; adds a mechanism of appeal of a denial of a claim for the estates of firefighters, volunteer rescue squad workers, and emergency medical technicians. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24; Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 38, Chapter 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

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Antonio Parkinson (D)*,  Becky Jo Alexander (R),  Fred Atchley (R),  Jody Barrett (R),  Charlie Baum (R),  Rush Bricken (R),  Ed Butler (R),  Karen Camper (D),  Kip Capley (R),  Michele Carringer (R),  Scott Cepicky (R),  Jesse Chism (D),  John Clemmons (D),  John Crawford (R),  Elaine Davis (R),  Vincent Dixie (D),  Clay Doggett (R),  Rick Eldridge (R),  Johnny Garrett (R),  John Gillespie (R),  Ronnie Glynn (D),  Yusuf Hakeem (D),  G.A. Hardaway (D),  Kirk Haston (R),  David Hawk (R),  Esther Helton (R),  Gary Hicks (R),  Tim Hicks (R),  Timothy Hill (R),  Bud Hulsey (R),  Chris Hurt (R),  Renea Jones (R),  William Lamberth (R),  Michael Lankford (R),  Tom Leatherwood (R),  Mary Littleton (R),  Harold Love (D),  Aron Maberry (R),  Greg Martin (R),  Jake McCalmon (R),  Debra Moody (R),  Jerome Moon (R),  Kevin Raper (R),  Lee Reeves (R),  Michele Reneau (R),  Tim Rudd (R),  Lowell Russell (R),  Richard Scarbrough (R),  Johnny Shaw (D),  Paul Sherrell (R),  Mike Sparks (R),  Tom Stinnett (R),  Bryan Terry (R),  Chris Todd (R),  Kevin Vaughan (R),  Greg Vital (R),  Todd Warner (R),  Mark White (R),  Dave Wright (R), 

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 721 (on 05/05/2026)

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