---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, provides 36 hours of yearly leave for a state employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more to be used to attend appointments related to the service-connected disability. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 58."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, provides 36 hours of yearly leave for a state employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more to be used to attend appointments related to the service-connected disability. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1183"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1183 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Moon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/390caa9c-e8d9-4b7a-a426-2f9d2f8d2f3f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1183&GA=112"
source_hash: "38b957b2398f4c464e17cd4cd741a48ddbcef00bf3e4274513267fbf63ef4f74"
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 1183 (112) — State Employees - As enacted, provides 36 hours of yearly leave for a state employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more to be used to attend appointments related to the service-connected disability. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 58.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0302.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0340.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1183.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/14/2021 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Moon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** P1C.
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0302) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0340)
- **2021-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 427
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 427

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/390caa9c-e8d9-4b7a-a426-2f9d2f8d2f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).