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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, Part 1."
+description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, Part 1."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 817"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 817 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-31"
+last_action: "2017-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c491f7ff-5dc2-4893-b74e-74cf830244bb"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0817&GA=110"
+source_hash: "451295b2543d9b22b817a10c813e13e70f6dd3ba929c7833e9e08d5352c02a18"
+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 817 (110) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, Part 1.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0817.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
+- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/5/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2017 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017 4/13/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Howell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
+- **2017-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
+- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
+- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
+- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/27/2017
+- **2017-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2017
+- **2017-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
+- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017
+- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 211
+- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 211
+- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c491f7ff-5dc2-4893-b74e-74cf830244bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+