---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the estate of a deputy jailer of a local government who is killed in the line of duty to receive an annuity in the amount of $250,000, paid over five years in $50,000 installments. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-210."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the estate of a deputy jailer of a local government who is killed in the line of duty to receive an annuity in the amount of $250,000, paid over five years in $50,000 installments. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-210."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "Tennessee SB 278 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gillespie", "Rose"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3499397b-3ab7-4020-9f4d-f4deb4c90423"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0278&GA=112"
source_hash: "588ef265e8aad60e59798410532c367d2bc2e9d707c718c8c42085792d78248d"
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 278 (112) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes the estate of a deputy jailer of a local government who is killed in the line of duty to receive an annuity in the amount of $250,000, paid over five years in $50,000 installments. - Amends TCA Section 7-51-210.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0246** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0246.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0378** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0378.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0278.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2021 Passed (1) — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 2/22/2022 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee 4/20/2021 Failed (1) — **3–3** (fail) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/28/2022 Passed — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gillespie — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-16** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0246) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0378)
- **2022-02-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 646
- **2022-03-23** Effective date(s) 03/11/2022
- **2022-03-23** Pub. Ch. 646

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3499397b-3ab7-4020-9f4d-f4deb4c90423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).