---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions under the Human Resource Agency Act of 1973. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26."
description: "Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions under the Human Resource Agency Act of 1973. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Tennessee SB 280 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional Authorities and Special Districts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Rudder"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b21cc5-4011-460a-a4ed-e145a7e55052"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0280&GA=112"
source_hash: "7a86b1500af9c8f96d9b10eb6f35c90fc81cdc0edeb5d342131b9e42c6c65dd9"
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 280 (112) — Regional Authorities and Special Districts - As enacted, revises various provisions under the Human Resource Agency Act of 1973. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 26.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0244.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0415** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0415.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0337** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0337.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0280.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/30/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)
- Rudder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0337)
- **2021-04-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0415) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0244) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 463
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 463

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3b21cc5-4011-460a-a4ed-e145a7e55052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).