---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, removes \"addresses\" from definition of personally identifying information in the general exception for records held by a governmental entity. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, removes \"addresses\" from definition of personally identifying information in the general exception for records held by a governmental entity. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 516"
citation: "Tennessee HB 516 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Dunn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1d16dd0-4b91-4476-bc6b-cee8e2b7b7b6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0516&GA=110"
source_hash: "c933c1dc1c56c64e76efed81a77fe21cc6174a944c8f94fe82820e19b619c6d8"
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 516 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, removes "addresses" from definition of personally identifying information in the general exception for records held by a governmental entity. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5.

## 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/HB0516.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2017 3/23/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/8/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/21/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Dunn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/27/2017
- **2017-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-23** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 113
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 113
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/07/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1d16dd0-4b91-4476-bc6b-cee8e2b7b7b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).