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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterans - As enacted, requires an employer to allow a veteran employee to have the entirety of Veterans' Day as a non-paid holiday if certain conditions met; specifies that this act does not prohibit an employer from allowing the employer's veteran employees to have the entirety of Veterans Day as a paid holiday. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 15; Title 50 and Title 58."
+description: "Veterans - As enacted, requires an employer to allow a veteran employee to have the entirety of Veterans' Day as a non-paid holiday if certain conditions met; specifies that this act does not prohibit an employer from allowing the employer's veteran employees to have the entirety of Veterans Day as a paid holiday. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 15; Title 50 and Title 58."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 2879"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2879 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Veterans"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Windle"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9ec068b-e4ba-4ef0-b05e-766399ebe871"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2879&GA=112"
+source_hash: "5a352fa9e02712f0d2f4ed1bbfc966adc0e80cbbc83d33eaca25bef0529e6248"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 2879 (112) — Veterans - As enacted, requires an employer to allow a veteran employee to have the entirety of Veterans' Day as a non-paid holiday if certain conditions met; specifies that this act does not prohibit an employer from allowing the employer's veteran employees to have the entirety of Veterans Day as a paid holiday. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 15; Title 50 and Title 58.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0681** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0681.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0731** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0731.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2879.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Windle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** P1C.
+- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/2/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-02** Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/9/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
+- **2022-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/21/2022
+- **2022-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
+- **2022-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
+- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
+- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/22
+- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-31** Reset on cal. for 4/4/2022
+- **2022-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2022-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0681) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022
+- **2022-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-07** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0731)
+- **2022-04-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 854
+- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 04/20/2022
+- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 854
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9ec068b-e4ba-4ef0-b05e-766399ebe871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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