Veterans - As enacted, authorizes private employers to give hiring preference to honorably discharged veterans, spouses of veterans with service-connected disabilities, unremarried widows or widowers of veterans who died of service-connected disabilities, and unremarried widows or widowers of members of the military who died in the line of duty. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 1, Part 1.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 30, 2017
Signed Mar 22, 2017
Floor votes · Senate Mar 13, 2017 · House Mar 9, 2017
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Mar 13, 2017
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
46
Key actions
15
Committee
14
Amendments
1
Mar 22, 2017
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 13, 2017
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 13, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0026)
lower
Mar 9, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 7, 2017
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Mar 1, 2017
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
upper
Mar 1, 2017
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 1, 2017
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
lower
Feb 28, 2017
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/7/2017
upper
Feb 22, 2017
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
upper
Feb 22, 2017
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Consumer and Human Resources Committee for 3/1/2017
lower
Feb 15, 2017
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
lower
Feb 14, 2017
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 2/28/2017
upper
Feb 8, 2017
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
upper
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Assigned to s/c Consumer and Human Resources Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
upper
Feb 2, 2017
Committee
P2C, ref. to Consumer and Human Resources Committee
lower
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Jan 30, 2017
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
Jan 30, 2017
Introduced
Filed for intro.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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