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Bill Law Enforcement - As enacted, removes the requirement for employment as a police officer that a lawful permanent resident has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces, so that any permanent legal resident of the United States who applies for or obtains United States citizenship within six years of the employment start date may be employed as a police officer. - Amends TCA Title 38. Law Enforcement - As enacted, removes the requirement for employment as a police officer that a lawful permanent resident has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces, so that any permanent legal resident of the United States who applies for or obtains United States citizenship within six years of the employment start date may be employed as a police officer. - Amends TCA Title 38. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 HB 2442 Tennessee HB 2442 (112)
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Tennessee HB 2442 (112) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, removes the requirement for employment as a police officer that a lawful permanent resident has been honorably discharged from the United States armed forces, so that any permanent legal resident of the United States who applies for or obtains United States citizenship within six years of the employment start date may be employed as a police officer. - Amends TCA Title 38.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/6/2022 Passed (1) — 290 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 870 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/29/2022 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Farmer — primary (person)
  • Swann — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-02 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-02-03 P2C, ref. to State Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-03 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-02-03 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-02-07 Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-15 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
  • 2022-03-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-23 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
  • 2022-03-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2022-03-24 Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 3 passage
  • 2022-03-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-28 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-03-29 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2022-04-04 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 4/6/2022
  • 2022-04-06 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2022-04-06 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-04-06 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2022-04-06 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2022-04-11 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-04-12 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2022-04-12 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-04-20 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-25 Effective date(s) 04/20/2022
  • 2022-04-25 Pub. Ch. 847
  • 2022-04-25 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 847

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55030d10-1118-4944-921a-115b26830e98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).