republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2596.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop and administer a confidential annual survey of correction officers who leave service as correction officers in order to examine factors in retention of correction officers; requires an annual report on or before December 1. - Amends TCA Title 41."
description: "Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop and administer a confidential annual survey of correction officers who leave service as correction officers in order to examine factors in retention of correction officers; requires an annual report on or before December 1. - Amends TCA Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2596"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2596 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correction", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6915b01-5c23-4ec4-afb9-152f1a01f946"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2596&GA=110"
source_hash: "b41acbc90687203ec9e64e6b0d7533b1f172fe1aa7699d2754d83dd43bdbacb0"
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 SB 2596 (110) — Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop and administer a confidential annual survey of correction officers who leave service as correction officers in order to examine factors in retention of correction officers; requires an annual report on or before December 1. - Amends TCA Title 41.

## 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/SB2596.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cooper — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **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 Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0992)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 94, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2336
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 859
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 859
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6915b01-5c23-4ec4-afb9-152f1a01f946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).