---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, creates appointment process for vacant citizen member positions on the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1."
description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, creates appointment process for vacant citizen member positions on the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1583"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1583 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61374ea1-786a-4447-9700-411413d14190"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1583&GA=110"
source_hash: "f6ce34fb16f1a43b0a00a4cc68f512dd6fc26f818332b095dbfc261f735e0c02"
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 1583 (110) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, creates appointment process for vacant citizen member positions on the Tennessee peace officer standards and training commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, 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/SB1583.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee 2/7/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **91–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/2/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Howell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **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
- **2018-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-17** Reset on cal. for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1054)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1012)
- **2018-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1134) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 989
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 989
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 989

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61374ea1-786a-4447-9700-411413d14190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).