republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-377.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8."
description: "Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 377"
citation: "Tennessee HB 377 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Administrative Office of the"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Overbey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4837224e-8084-4b64-b154-2c5d01696fc2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0377&GA=110"
source_hash: "0574c239b5969c05888432c4b2b97b28b68f366a3766ce72a5a0eefa1c7eb5b2"
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 377 (110) — Courts, Administrative Office of the - As enacted, authorizes the administrative director to obtain a criminal history background check through the TBI and FBI on any applicant for employment; permits the administrative director to establish the job titles or classifications to which the background check requirement applies; and requires the office to pay for the cost of the background checks. - Amends TCA Title 16, Chapter 3, Part 8.

## 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/HB0377.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2017 3/23/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/22/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/15/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Overbey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/7/2017
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/13/2017
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 104
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 104
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/07/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4837224e-8084-4b64-b154-2c5d01696fc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).