---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, revises the provisions governing a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, revises the provisions governing a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 989"
citation: "Tennessee SB 989 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf04586c-5de8-4399-ba44-371f3167323d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0989&GA=112"
source_hash: "d3dbcf3dde64996e26b0b29abb918d581d49329646faedf030a258f871529bde"
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 989 (112) — Local Government, General - As enacted, revises the provisions governing a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0097** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0097.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0098.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0348.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0989.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/23/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/16/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** 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`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **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 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0348)
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0098) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0097) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 360
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 360

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf04586c-5de8-4399-ba44-371f3167323d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).