---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans - As enacted, enacts the \"Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment (SAVE) Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 58."
description: "Veterans - As enacted, enacts the \"Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment (SAVE) Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 362"
citation: "Tennessee SB 362 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28762da8-1114-44c2-af46-c03aa1c5f110"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0362&ga=114"
source_hash: "42c02aa7748a0a83f366398031d603b869d8bd6caf8a1b6e3787409af899098b"
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 362 (114) — Veterans - As enacted, enacts the "Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment (SAVE) Act." - Amends TCA Title 47 and Title 58.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0191.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0012** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0012.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0362.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2025 Passed (1) — **89–3** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/3/2025 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/25/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-28** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/3/2025
- **2025-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0012)
- **2025-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0191) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Message Calendar 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-03** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Am. reconsidered, withdrawn.
- **2025-04-07** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2025-04-07** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 223

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28762da8-1114-44c2-af46-c03aa1c5f110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).