SB1317 — Firefighters - As introduced, specifies that present law prohibition against terminating employment of a volunteer firefighter who is absent or late to work due to responding to an emergency will apply to all days that the employee is responding to a declared state of emergency for eight or more hours per day. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 58.

SB1317 — Firefighters - As introduced, specifies that present law prohibition against terminating employment of a volunteer firefighter who is absent or late to work due to responding to an emergency will apply to all days that the employee is responding to a declared state of emergency for eight or more hours per day. - Amends TCA Title 50 and Title 58. · Informed CitizenryThis bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated Title 50 and Title 58 to modify the protections for volunteer firefighters. It specifies that the legal prohibition against terminating the employment of a…Open in Informed Citizenry