---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As enacted, revises law concerning safekeeping of prisoners in nearby jails. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
description: "Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As enacted, revises law concerning safekeeping of prisoners in nearby jails. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1575"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1575 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Prisons and Reformatory Institutions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris", "Travis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f0c71ba-0cfe-4071-8ae0-73a10923b92c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1575&GA=110"
source_hash: "0cc4c948a658ea5a9f5a32f70c403a1db5354cc294ff7def01079f27fd924b09"
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 1575 (110) — Prisons and Reformatory Institutions - As enacted, revises law concerning safekeeping of prisoners in nearby jails. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.

## 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/SB1575.pdf)

## Votes

- 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 3/28/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)
- Travis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-03** Action def. in State Government Committee to Next Calendar
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-10** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1179) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0983)
- **2018-04-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1159)
- **2018-04-23** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** House returned.
- **2018-04-24** Senate Recalled from House
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Reset on cal. for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 80, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-25** H. concurred in S. am. no. 3 Ayes 81, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-25** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Senate adopted Amendment #3
- **2018-04-25** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2018-04-25** Tabling motion lifted
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1045
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1045
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018; 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f0c71ba-0cfe-4071-8ae0-73a10923b92c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).