republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-165.md

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Bill	Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.	Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	HB 165	Tennessee HB 165 (110)	bill	Veterans	enacted	Green Pitts	1	46	5	2017-01-30	2017-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/7809999e-4916-4903-8418-0246ad5f003d	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0165&GA=110	b631470a2b81b6baccae8a831e031b9df8e7cf12295935fa6132f4bec71d8f27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 165 (110) — Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2017 3/2/2017 (1) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2017 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2017 Passed — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• CONSUMER AND HUMAN RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee 2/22/2017 — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Green — primary (person)
• Pitts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-02 P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
• 2017-02-03 Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
• 2017-02-13 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-14 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-15 Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
• 2017-02-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-22 Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/1/2017
• 2017-02-22 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-23 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-02-28 Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
• 2017-03-01 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
• 2017-03-01 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-01 Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
• 2017-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-02 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2017
• 2017-03-06 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-07 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-03-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2017-03-09 Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2017-03-09 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0026) amendment-passage
• 2017-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
• 2017-03-13 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-03-13 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0083)
• 2017-03-13 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2017-03-13 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-03-13 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-13 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2017-03-14 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2017-03-16 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-03-20 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2017-03-20 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-03-22 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-04-04 Pub. Ch. 9
• 2017-04-04 Effective date(s) 03/22/2017
• 2017-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 9

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7809999e-4916-4903-8418-0246ad5f003d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).