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type: "Bill"
title: "Welfare - As enacted, enacts the \"Program Integrity Act of 2017,\" which establishes certain requirements for benefit eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3."
description: "Welfare - As enacted, enacts the \"Program Integrity Act of 2017,\" which establishes certain requirements for benefit eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 227"
citation: "Tennessee HB 227 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Welfare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d9fc013-193e-42b5-b6da-1e3f5bb3f80e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0227&GA=110"
source_hash: "e470a94437261d9f28f4ee9d8ff6c90963fe7ba859101bd24d149ab7a9bba960"
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 227 (110) — Welfare - As enacted, enacts the "Program Integrity Act of 2017," which establishes certain requirements for benefit eligibility. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 1 and Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 3.
## 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/HB0227.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **263** (pass) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2017 2/23/2017 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2017 Passed (1) — **7321** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/27/2017 Passed — **6825** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/21/2017 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/15/2017 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Howell — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2017
- **2017-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-27** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-02** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/3/17
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 191
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 12/1/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 191
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d9fc013-193e-42b5-b6da-1e3f5bb3f80e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).