republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-1698.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safety - As enacted, makes various changes to blasting requirements, including adding safety processes and protocols. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Safety - As enacted, makes various changes to blasting requirements, including adding safety processes and protocols. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1698"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1698 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Jernigan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51c891b-9a45-4db7-89d3-b69a1d44757c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1698&GA=112"
source_hash: "d6ae4acb07dc5dd6a839bfb9b55f448431a9130179dc7539bd1ab9677d921ce7"
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 1698 (112) — Safety - As enacted, makes various changes to blasting requirements, including adding safety processes and protocols. - Amends TCA Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0682** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0682.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0589.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1698.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/31/2022 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/23/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022 3/24/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Jernigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0589)
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0682) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 871
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022, 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 871

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51c891b-9a45-4db7-89d3-b69a1d44757c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).