republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-316.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the \"Barry Brady Act,\" which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2."
description: "Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the \"Barry Brady Act,\" which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 316"
citation: "Tennessee HB 316 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Firefighters"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Hicks"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d034d7a6-e6b5-4957-ac76-d1de43d343c8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0316&GA=111"
source_hash: "f6ef53f87832c715e54f8b9c92b34592082b9c90492d6a96f94a7830e33df0e5"
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 316 (111) — Firefighters - As enacted, enacts the "Barry Brady Act," which creates a presumption that certain conditions or impairments of full-time firefighters caused by certain cancers arose out of employment unless the contrary is shown by competent medical evidence. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0120** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0120.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0077** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0077.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0441** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0441.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0316.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2019 Passed (3) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/5/2019 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/30/2019 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Hicks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Action def. in Local Committee to 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0120) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0441)
- **2019-05-01** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0077)
- **2019-05-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 94, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/19
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 490
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 490

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d034d7a6-e6b5-4957-ac76-d1de43d343c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).