---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing probation periods for state employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing probation periods for state employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2589"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2589 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill T", "Niceley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f38a25e9-245f-48d7-bbb5-4946b17e6a92"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2589&GA=110"
source_hash: "a32d7b3f02dc8d1bc16d343cc9044c726be34bd6f0199d52f68358ed3113c97c"
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 2589 (110) — State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing probation periods for state employment. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 30.

## 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/HB2589.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/14/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill T — primary (person)
- Niceley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-05** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0970) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0919)
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 792
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 792
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f38a25e9-245f-48d7-bbb5-4946b17e6a92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).