---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to increase the hourly wage for direct care professionals employed at contracted agencies of the department for the home- and community-based waiver programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or any successor programs, such that on July 1, 2021, the hourly wage is at least $12.50 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 33."
description: "Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to increase the hourly wage for direct care professionals employed at contracted agencies of the department for the home- and community-based waiver programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or any successor programs, such that on July 1, 2021, the hourly wage is at least $12.50 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 33."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 114"
citation: "Tennessee SB 114 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Hazlewood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 76
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1345f302-ec76-48a3-94f5-8e89f94deb5f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0114&GA=112"
source_hash: "5ede5c5d0d5c1797dea583c8faa911e1b3f212bf1fc8ac7e2b42d913dc8f5998"
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 114 (112) — Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to increase the hourly wage for direct care professionals employed at contracted agencies of the department for the home- and community-based waiver programs for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or any successor programs, such that on July 1, 2021, the hourly wage is at least $12.50 per hour. - Amends TCA Title 33.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0448.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0450.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0114.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/31/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/23/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Hazlewood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2021-01-14** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-01-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-01-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-01-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0448) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0450)
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/27/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 576
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 576

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1345f302-ec76-48a3-94f5-8e89f94deb5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).