---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, specifies a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8 and Title 56."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, specifies a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8 and Title 56."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1331"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1331 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af150d6-f2f4-4ea3-994b-d35d12a6f569"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1331&GA=111"
source_hash: "5d17fe3f37ad4a42a70c52412e0889d71c63cf4ac35fa812a40af7c6214eb82f"
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 1331 (111) — Local Government, General - As enacted, specifies a county's, a municipal corporation's, and a special school district's right of subrogation under the local authority's group life, hospitalization, disability, or medical insurance plan. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 8 and Title 56.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0219.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0316.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1331.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/19/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/19
- **2019-04-15** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2019-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/19
- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0219) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0316)
- **2019-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 325
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 325
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af150d6-f2f4-4ea3-994b-d35d12a6f569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).