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type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, creates a new division of state government, the Tennessee Office of Cooperative Disability Investigation, to operate for three years. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 38 and Title 71."
description: "State Government - As enacted, creates a new division of state government, the Tennessee Office of Cooperative Disability Investigation, to operate for three years. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 38 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1538"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1538 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Weaver"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2082a921-4c85-4a6a-9231-1d3a59911cd3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1538&GA=112"
source_hash: "58ba1e9832629b4065ad275156d03445144623ec5a9e2d105a68a8cd8752b28b"
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 1538 (112) — State Government - As enacted, creates a new division of state government, the Tennessee Office of Cooperative Disability Investigation, to operate for three years. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 38 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0304** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0304.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0358** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0358.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1538.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/30/2021 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee 3/31/2021 Passed (3) — **70** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/13/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **291** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **871** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Weaver — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** P1C.
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee -- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-06** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-22** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-29** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-29** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0304) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0358) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-05-03** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 546
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 546
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2082a921-4c85-4a6a-9231-1d3a59911cd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).