---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the dining area of the Brig. Gen. Wendell H. Gilbert Tennessee State Veterans Home in honor of Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Sidney Brown, United States Army. -"
description: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the dining area of the Brig. Gen. Wendell H. Gilbert Tennessee State Veterans Home in honor of Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Sidney Brown, United States Army. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Tennessee HB 161 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Naming and Designating"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-04"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a3ce17f-80e1-40b6-9929-78759b5de89d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0161&GA=110"
source_hash: "24c1d159aef638e5f614bd124e9153eb79ca7c05b11aba6b061a913213312db1"
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 161 (110) — Naming and Designating - As enacted, names the dining area of the Brig. Gen. Wendell H. Gilbert Tennessee State Veterans Home in honor of Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Sidney Brown, United States Army. -

## 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/HB0161.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/14/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2017-01-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/31/2017
- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/2/2017
- **2017-01-31** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 36
- **2017-04-11** Pub. Ch. 36
- **2017-04-11** Effective date(s) 03/31/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a3ce17f-80e1-40b6-9929-78759b5de89d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).