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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide training in suicide prevention to the employees of the department who directly interact with veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3."
description: "Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide training in suicide prevention to the employees of the department who directly interact with veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 787"
citation: "Tennessee HB 787 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Hall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2020-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/015d3b03-c12d-4eb8-b129-c89b3f1b4279"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0787&GA=111"
source_hash: "a04f3522f85128f09bd9e0fcab0b75038ea1ae128674f0510ccefdfde6bfe9ac"
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 787 (111) — Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to provide training in suicide prevention to the employees of the department who directly interact with veterans. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 3.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0518.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0285.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0787.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 2/27/2020 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/11/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: recommend for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means 4/10/2019 Passed (3) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE MENTAL HEALTH & SUBSTANCE ABUSE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/27/2019 (6) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020 2/13/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/20/2020 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2019 (5) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2019 Passed (2) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/5/2020 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briggs — primary (person)
- Hall — 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 Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Mental Health & Substance Abuse Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-10** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2019-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0285)
- **2019-04-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/5/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/13/2020
- **2020-02-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-02-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0518) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-02-27** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0518) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 531
- **2020-03-16** Pub. Ch. 531
- **2020-03-16** Effective date(s) 01/01/2021
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/015d3b03-c12d-4eb8-b129-c89b3f1b4279`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).