republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1482.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, extends continued health coverage to the surviving spouses and children of park rangers who are killed in the line of duty to the same extent as survivors of other first responders who are killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 11 and Title 58."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, extends continued health coverage to the surviving spouses and children of park rangers who are killed in the line of duty to the same extent as survivors of other first responders who are killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 11 and Title 58."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1482"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1482 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Sherrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f073884-63ed-44a5-bdb4-8e17a5478685"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1482&GA=111"
source_hash: "cde64f6cb1e16d46cae94f425da44b9b259a4fc892d6e90b9d3581233c51af7b"
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 1482 (111) — State Employees - As enacted, extends continued health coverage to the surviving spouses and children of park rangers who are killed in the line of duty to the same extent as survivors of other first responders who are killed in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 7; Title 8; Title 11 and Title 58.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0245.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0176.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1482.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/20/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/8/2019 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Sherrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-04** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0245) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-08** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0176)
- **2019-04-08** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 189
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 01/01/2020
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 189

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f073884-63ed-44a5-bdb4-8e17a5478685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).