Panel backs creating Department of Emergency Management to replace TEMA, with two-year sunset amendment
The committee adopted an amendment shortening a proposed three-year sunset to two years and forwarded SB 2248, which would convert the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency into a standalone Department of Emergency Management, after lawmakers praised TEMA's disaster response.
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Leader Johnson presented SB 2248 to replace the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency with a Department of Emergency Management and to transfer existing contracts, leases, rules and policies to the new department to ensure continuity. He told the committee the bill "does not change the governor's authority during emergencies, nor does it alter the underlying emergency management powers already provided in state law." The committee adopted amendment 16,466 (shortening a 3-year sunset to 2 years) by voice vote.
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