---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Tennessee SB 262 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lynn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a72f53f-fa44-466a-9ce3-49f101e345a9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0262&GA=110"
source_hash: "285f21005f4f368ebd91e035a22349e56e1f0a1d3b970456a4131ca3d37d4006"
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 262 (110) — Local Government, General - As enacted, prohibits a local government from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or any other legal requirement that regulates or imposes a requirement upon an employer pertaining to employee scheduling, except when necessary to avoid creating a public or private nuisance. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51.

## 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/SB0262.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/7/2017 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **67–24** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lynn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/7/2017
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-23** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-27** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. State & Local Govt. Comm 2-28-17
- **2017-02-27** Refer to Senate State & Local Govt. Comm.
- **2017-02-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0018)
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 24, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0100) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 107
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/07/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 107

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a72f53f-fa44-466a-9ce3-49f101e345a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).