---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, lowers the threshold for private employers having to verify work authorization status of new hires through E-Verify from those with 50 or more employees to those with 35 or more employees; requires the office of employment verification assistance to offer, at no charge, E-Verify sign ups and work authorization status checks for employers with less than 35 employees; protects employers acting upon false results generated by E-Verify; prohibits certain wrongful or retaliatory discharge or discrimination actions; prohibits certain rehires. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50 and Title 67."
description: "Employees, Employers - As enacted, lowers the threshold for private employers having to verify work authorization status of new hires through E-Verify from those with 50 or more employees to those with 35 or more employees; requires the office of employment verification assistance to offer, at no charge, E-Verify sign ups and work authorization status checks for employers with less than 35 employees; protects employers acting upon false results generated by E-Verify; prohibits certain wrongful or retaliatory discharge or discrimination actions; prohibits certain rehires. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1780"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1780 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees", "Employers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717e619d-de47-4295-8970-948f45b1b173"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1780&GA=112"
source_hash: "40a88e52e7f8672cfd84d70cdc331946be72903756b7941ea8ea1ee0ff8d54f9"
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 1780 (112) — Employees, Employers - As enacted, lowers the threshold for private employers having to verify work authorization status of new hires through E-Verify from those with 50 or more employees to those with 35 or more employees; requires the office of employment verification assistance to offer, at no charge, E-Verify sign ups and work authorization status checks for employers with less than 35 employees; protects employers acting upon false results generated by E-Verify; prohibits certain wrongful or retaliatory discharge or discrimination actions; prohibits certain rehires. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 12; Title 39; Title 50 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0526.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0675** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0675.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0676.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1780.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/16/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2022 Passed — **80–6** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed — **26–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 79, Nays 11, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0526) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0675)
- **2022-03-28** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0676)
- **2022-03-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/4/22
- **2022-04-04** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 80, Nays 6 PNV 3 HB1853
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Re-Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-10** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 832
- **2022-05-10** Effective date(s) 05/09/2022
- **2022-05-10** Pub. Ch. 832

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/717e619d-de47-4295-8970-948f45b1b173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).