---
type: "Bill"
title: "Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Work Ready Opportunity Program.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
description: "Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Work Ready Opportunity Program.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 745"
citation: "Tennessee HB 745 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Labor and Workforce Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "White"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d1a981-9682-4099-b11d-37a754a29d05"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0745&GA=112"
source_hash: "1f250b0284ab34bd7db5abf72995b7e851156a1e1d5f01f33802c93256bf7c99"
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 745 (112) — Labor and Workforce Development, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Work Ready Opportunity Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0331** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0331.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0356.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0457** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0457.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0142.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0459** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0459.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0745.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/14/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/24/2021 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/23/2021 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action def. in Education Instruction to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Action def. in Education Instruction to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/5/2021
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-05-05** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-05** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0356) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0457) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-05** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0331) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-05** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-05-05** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0142)
- **2021-05-05** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0459)
- **2021-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 552
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 552

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d1a981-9682-4099-b11d-37a754a29d05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).