---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, revises the provisions governing liability of deputies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, revises the provisions governing liability of deputies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1015 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks H", "Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b617d97-f304-48fd-890c-7b58024e5bf7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1015&GA=110"
source_hash: "59353259536ef73db4b1ebef50ce81821cdfb5c0b48689bd3bda97bb76f51173"
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 HB 1015 (110) — State Employees - As enacted, revises the provisions governing liability of deputies. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1015.pdf)

## Votes

- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/28/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017 4/13/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 3/22/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks H — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor change.
- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-20** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0321)
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-20** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0203) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 261
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 261
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b617d97-f304-48fd-890c-7b58024e5bf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).