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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, clarifies that the current prohibition against traffic offense citation quotas is applicable to public officials or public employees; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense, subject to fine only, for officials and employees violating that prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, clarifies that the current prohibition against traffic offense citation quotas is applicable to public officials or public employees; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense, subject to fine only, for officials and employees violating that prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 2702"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2702 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doggett", "Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-05"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bba11b86-33c4-44b9-a2a8-939044bf11eb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2702&GA=111"
source_hash: "740939bbed49f7e904f0da3b68a2d531b3980f0a53335672dadea984067a6d89"
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 2702 (111) — Public Employees - As enacted, clarifies that the current prohibition against traffic offense citation quotas is applicable to public officials or public employees; creates a Class B misdemeanor offense, subject to fine only, for officials and employees violating that prohibition. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0740.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0846.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB2702.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/27/2020 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/11/2020 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2020 Passed (3) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/11/2020 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/17/2020 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/5/2020 Passed (2) — **300** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Doggett — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-05** Intro. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P1C.
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2020-02-11** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 5/27/2020
- **2020-05-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
- **2020-05-29** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 6/5/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-08** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2020-06-11** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0846) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0740) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-11** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/17/2020
- **2020-06-17** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0740) `passage`
- **2020-06-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 801
- **2020-07-22** Pub. Ch. 801
- **2020-07-22** Effective date(s) 10/01/2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bba11b86-33c4-44b9-a2a8-939044bf11eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).