---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, extends state employee defense protections to foster parents under contract with agencies under contract with the state and not just to foster parents under contract with the state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 42 and Title 9, Chapter 8."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, extends state employee defense protections to foster parents under contract with agencies under contract with the state and not just to foster parents under contract with the state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 42 and Title 9, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 361"
citation: "Tennessee SB 361 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "White D"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10771b03-23f3-421c-8414-ff266a3099c4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0361&GA=110"
source_hash: "2cf5d9d61ec0578b657aaeeb8e81474a8244b30243963dadb6161734865f0664"
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 361 (110) — State Employees - As enacted, extends state employee defense protections to foster parents under contract with agencies under contract with the state and not just to foster parents under contract with the state. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 42 and Title 9, Chapter 8.

## 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/SB0361.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- White D — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 213
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 213

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10771b03-23f3-421c-8414-ff266a3099c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).