---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that non-compliance with state and federal anti-discrimination laws is not included in the definition of \"illegal activities\" as it relates to provisions prohibiting retaliatory termination of an employee. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29 and Title 50, Chapter 1."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that non-compliance with state and federal anti-discrimination laws is not included in the definition of \"illegal activities\" as it relates to provisions prohibiting retaliatory termination of an employee. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29 and Title 50, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 943"
citation: "Tennessee HB 943 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Mannis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4a0152-6162-4a52-826d-cb50af7bfbd5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0943&GA=112"
source_hash: "a9676a1b13dd8bf40eb2bdedb03d2bfa8273f0aa9f7a425d5bc031f899041bc6"
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 943 (112) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, clarifies that non-compliance with state and federal anti-discrimination laws is not included in the definition of "illegal activities" as it relates to provisions prohibiting retaliatory termination of an employee. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 29 and Title 50, Chapter 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/HB0943.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/21/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **67–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Mannis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/21
- **2021-04-12** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 15, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 3 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/26/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 556
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 556

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4a0152-6162-4a52-826d-cb50af7bfbd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).