republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1788.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the employee suggestion award program, including award amount. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 27."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the employee suggestion award program, including award amount. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 27."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1788"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1788 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel", "Dickerson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d495ade-5382-44fb-9588-ae72a9bd3eca"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1788&GA=110"
source_hash: "d7b99656f9add2392e2a8136023099aa15bbda90755c7a51adaf70c1a40057aa"
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 1788 (110) — State Employees - As enacted, revises provisions governing the employee suggestion award program, including award amount. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 27.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1788.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **82–1** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (3) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/7/2018 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (2) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2018 Passed — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018 4/5/2018 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/28/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 2/20/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (2) — **96–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Action def. in State Government Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0697) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA1112)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 1 HB1788
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 82, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-04-25** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
- **2018-04-25** Conference Committee appointed. (Dickerson, Yager, Gardenhire, Jackson, Tate)
- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. appointed. (Daniel, Powell, Sanderson, Lamberth)
- **2018-04-25** H. refused to recede from am. no. 1 HB1788
- **2018-04-25** Senate refused to recede from amendment 1
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1038
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1038

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d495ade-5382-44fb-9588-ae72a9bd3eca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).