---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, increases pay supplement from $600 to $800 for police officers and firefighters who complete 40 hours of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1."
description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, increases pay supplement from $600 to $800 for police officers and firefighters who complete 40 hours of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 937"
citation: "Tennessee HB 937 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government", "General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8da94f65-2ada-4728-a743-71f9841a1778"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0937&GA=111"
source_hash: "455e2646bf66f6cd0a1e1ad537b130252fe1183d4fa2aa1a90ce9c7ee2122296"
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 937 (111) — Local Government, General - As enacted, increases pay supplement from $600 to $800 for police officers and firefighters who complete 40 hours of in-service training. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 24, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1.

## 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/HB0937.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/26/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/28/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/5/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/13/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · 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** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass; 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
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-03-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 152
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 152
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8da94f65-2ada-4728-a743-71f9841a1778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).