---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, increases the compensation from $25,000 to a $250,000 annuity payable in five annual installments of $50,000, paid to the estate of a firefighter, volunteer rescue squad worker, or law enforcement officer who dies in the line of duty; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9 and Title 68, Chapter 140."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, increases the compensation from $25,000 to a $250,000 annuity payable in five annual installments of $50,000, paid to the estate of a firefighter, volunteer rescue squad worker, or law enforcement officer who dies in the line of duty; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9 and Title 68, Chapter 140."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1368"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1368 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Sargent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21777c85-96ce-42fc-920b-4690a70410b3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1368&GA=110"
source_hash: "a28ea4060ed9e6fb860fd059f0e832b6ea6a87b83c21007c413b17302e4adbac"
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 1368 (110) — Public Employees - As enacted, increases the compensation from $25,000 to a $250,000 annuity payable in five annual installments of $50,000, paid to the estate of a firefighter, volunteer rescue squad worker, or law enforcement officer who dies in the line of duty; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2; Title 9 and Title 68, Chapter 140.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1368.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/29/2017 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 5/8/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/4/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017 5/9/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to Local Calendar
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-03** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 5-9-17
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. reconsidered, withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0290)
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0290) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-05-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0536)
- **2017-05-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0524)
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 445
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 445
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21777c85-96ce-42fc-920b-4690a70410b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).