---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, requires mine owners to include man hours, in lieu of the tons mined, on an annual report to the department of labor and workforce development; defines the duties and responsibilities of a \"qualified assistant\" at a mine. - Amends TCA Title 59."
description: "Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, requires mine owners to include man hours, in lieu of the tons mined, on an annual report to the department of labor and workforce development; defines the duties and responsibilities of a \"qualified assistant\" at a mine. - Amends TCA Title 59."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 138"
citation: "Tennessee HB 138 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining and Quarrying"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b119bfef-be23-4bbe-9874-661300d0d8c0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0138&GA=110"
source_hash: "564a6740c4d568ba041da6661f168a297dca2a63abd7ef0e59e5e52d10ed0add"
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 138 (110) — Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, requires mine owners to include man hours, in lieu of the tons mined, on an annual report to the department of labor and workforce development; defines the duties and responsibilities of a "qualified assistant" at a mine. - Amends TCA Title 59.

## 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/HB0138.pdf)

## Votes

- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 3/15/2017 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/12/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0139)
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 4/4/2017
- **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`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0267) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 356
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 356
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b119bfef-be23-4bbe-9874-661300d0d8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).