---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, relieves the commissioner of labor and workforce development of responsibilities concerning mine rescue operations; deletes statutes establishing the mine rescue corps within the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 12."
description: "Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, relieves the commissioner of labor and workforce development of responsibilities concerning mine rescue operations; deletes statutes establishing the mine rescue corps within the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 12."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 781"
citation: "Tennessee SB 781 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining and Quarrying"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb65a511-6480-400f-b8d0-e948eaf9a7f2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0781&GA=111"
source_hash: "23a63e1990c0e3c88e0771f82e4658bcb762667960d5e6b6633b917ef031dee1"
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 781 (111) — Mining and Quarrying - As enacted, relieves the commissioner of labor and workforce development of responsibilities concerning mine rescue operations; deletes statutes establishing the mine rescue corps within the department of labor and workforce development. - Amends TCA Title 59, Chapter 12.

## 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/111/Bill/SB0781.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/13/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **82–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/26/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Meeting Adjourned
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 8, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/1/2019
- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 168
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 168
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 04/18/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb65a511-6480-400f-b8d0-e948eaf9a7f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).