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type: "Bill"
title: "Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a process by which management of a public property may submit formal complaints regarding the conduct or performance of a blind individual who has been licensed to operate a vending facility on such public property through the business enterprise program for the blind; makes other changes relative to such programs for disabled individuals. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4."
description: "Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a process by which management of a public property may submit formal complaints regarding the conduct or performance of a blind individual who has been licensed to operate a vending facility on such public property through the business enterprise program for the blind; makes other changes relative to such programs for disabled individuals. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1388"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1388 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f26bbcd-162b-48a0-883e-02c2ed5bcace"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1388&ga=114"
source_hash: "a419a103ab0899671f1e91ba0daeb73f586b0652892808f8e4d078e55f1d860b"
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 1388 (114) — Human Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish a process by which management of a public property may submit formal complaints regarding the conduct or performance of a blind individual who has been licensed to operate a vending facility on such public property through the business enterprise program for the blind; makes other changes relative to such programs for disabled individuals. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0201** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0201.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0356.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0260** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0260.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1388.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2025 Passed (1) — **75–18** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0260)
- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 18, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0356) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0201) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 402

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f26bbcd-162b-48a0-883e-02c2ed5bcace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).