---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, revises and adds to the provisions governing petitions for such deputies and assistants and disputes regarding the hiring or salary of such a deputy or assistant. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 20."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, revises and adds to the provisions governing petitions for such deputies and assistants and disputes regarding the hiring or salary of such a deputy or assistant. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 20."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 282"
citation: "Tennessee SB 282 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Todd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 58
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bf25a50-2258-4d36-a43f-9528e7f4ecf2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0282&GA=112"
source_hash: "6b4ce8dd7b7d1b2c1be76f51395d5337cceeafd9ba6993fcf440c2a23bd7e45b"
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 282 (112) — Public Employees - As enacted, revises and adds to the provisions governing petitions for such deputies and assistants and disputes regarding the hiring or salary of such a deputy or assistant. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 20.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0836** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0836.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0917** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0917.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0131.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0147** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0147.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0282.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/29/2021 Passed (2) — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/24/2021 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed — **79–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rose — primary (person)
- Todd — 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`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 0, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0147)
- **2021-03-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0131)
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-30** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-06** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Local Government Committee
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
- **2022-03-07** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Re-ref. Civil Justice Committee
- **2022-04-06** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 13, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0836) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0917) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0917) `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1079
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1079

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bf25a50-2258-4d36-a43f-9528e7f4ecf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).