---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance, Liability - As enacted, authorizes human resource agencies to obtain insurance in lieu of surety bonds to ensure the lawful performance by agency officials and employees of their fiduciary duties and responsibilities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 13, Chapter 26, Part 1."
description: "Insurance, Liability - As enacted, authorizes human resource agencies to obtain insurance in lieu of surety bonds to ensure the lawful performance by agency officials and employees of their fiduciary duties and responsibilities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 13, Chapter 26, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1019"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1019 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Liability"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Halford", "Hensley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f38733-79c6-4cd9-8d64-947263ca68c9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1019&GA=112"
source_hash: "06beb6b21d3d0397cf2b3ee624b03655bbe95b3ece03003c1ee68bbeac5e6eb5"
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 1019 (112) — Insurance, Liability - As enacted, authorizes human resource agencies to obtain insurance in lieu of surety bonds to ensure the lawful performance by agency officials and employees of their fiduciary duties and responsibilities. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 13, Chapter 26, Part 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1019.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/9/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021 3/18/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/9/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2021 Passed (2) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Halford — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-11** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/15/2021
- **2021-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 131
- **2021-04-21** Effective date(s) 04/13/2021
- **2021-04-21** Pub. Ch. 131

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05f38733-79c6-4cd9-8d64-947263ca68c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).