---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the \"Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the \"Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 774"
citation: "Tennessee HB 774 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/929ee475-14ac-4cfb-aacb-2ca10c9a8550"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0774&GA=113"
source_hash: "b9f4fddd95c836dc8cd0d2e3227ef87e870ec6a4d1c562b4b26b9738b3a83d60"
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 774 (113) — Local Government, General - As enacted, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Businesses and Workers Act." - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 50.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0203.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0337** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0337.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0774.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (2) — **68–24** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/14/2023 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed (1) — **69–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/6/2023 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/14/2023 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023 3/23/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2023 Passed — **68–24** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2023 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2023
- **2023-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2023
- **2023-03-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/30/2023
- **2023-03-27** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3/30/23
- **2023-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0203) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0337)
- **2023-04-06** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 309

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/929ee475-14ac-4cfb-aacb-2ca10c9a8550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).