---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, authorizes administrative departments to obtain state and national criminal history background checks and investigations on all employees and contractors with access to federal tax information. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 1."
description: "State Government - As enacted, authorizes administrative departments to obtain state and national criminal history background checks and investigations on all employees and contractors with access to federal tax information. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1209"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1209 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb38a26-3a1a-4097-81c0-bc2212ab89cb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1209&GA=110"
source_hash: "b5e214efd857dc03994ff466475d4ea353d2d2a313dfff82d8ddf9de6204ef73"
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 SB 1209 (110) — State Government - As enacted, authorizes administrative departments to obtain state and national criminal history background checks and investigations on all employees and contractors with access to federal tax information. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, 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/SB1209.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/17/2017 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/4/2017 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2017 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `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
- **2017-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0211)
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0288) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 343
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 343

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecb38a26-3a1a-4097-81c0-bc2212ab89cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).