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Bill 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. 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. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1780 Tennessee SB 1780 (112)
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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
  2. Amendment SA0675 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment SA0676 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE BANKING AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/16/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/4/2022 Passed — 806 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (1) — 7911 (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) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed — 264 (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; origin ocd-bill/717e619d-de47-4295-8970-948f45b1b173. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).