---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, reduces by one year the entity review period of the human rights commission by changing the entity termination date from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, reduces by one year the entity review period of the human rights commission by changing the entity termination date from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1567"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1567 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf59f15-6542-4450-9959-30a587d6f48c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1567&GA=110"
source_hash: "5239568e6d540442cabdeeb99f316135dfb74a927f085165f52f8a2a7c0ea360"
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 1567 (110) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, reduces by one year the entity review period of the human rights commission by changing the entity termination date from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 21 and Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2.

## 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/SB1567.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **82–9** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 9, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 928
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 928

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cf59f15-6542-4450-9959-30a587d6f48c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).