---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, removes youth apprenticeships from being considered apprenticeships for purposes of the Tennessee Registered Apprenticeship Program Act. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 11."
description: "Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, removes youth apprenticeships from being considered apprenticeships for purposes of the Tennessee Registered Apprenticeship Program Act. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2176"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2176 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Labor and Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4097467c-5afa-46e8-a275-c183c3af0bcf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2176&GA=112"
source_hash: "7de5bfeb9f67cfa0afbef9b151636dd1745790ccfc67e7c33f96d123a82bdcf2"
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 2176 (112) — Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, removes youth apprenticeships from being considered apprenticeships for purposes of the Tennessee Registered Apprenticeship Program Act. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 11.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2176.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee 2/15/2022 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 03/28/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 688
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 688

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4097467c-5afa-46e8-a275-c183c3af0bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).