---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires that all out-of-state travel expenditures made by executive level employees be posted on the state website, not just expenditures for which reimbursements are made. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10."
description: "Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires that all out-of-state travel expenditures made by executive level employees be posted on the state website, not just expenditures for which reimbursements are made. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1729"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1729 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Forgety"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c63b374-c8d1-441d-978a-a6e34c901c9d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1729&GA=110"
source_hash: "4c17229f4e1bb7494f6db932f33a80c38d252b74b54150b40c23eec833a69639"
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 1729 (110) — Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, requires that all out-of-state travel expenditures made by executive level employees be posted on the state website, not just expenditures for which reimbursements are made. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 10.

## 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/SB1729.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/30/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/1/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Forgety — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-29** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm. 1-30-18
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/1/2018
- **2018-01-30** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/30/2018
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-04** Pub. Ch. 616
- **2018-04-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 616

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c63b374-c8d1-441d-978a-a6e34c901c9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).