---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, confers certain powers on regional airport authorities to borrow money for corporate purposes and issue revenue bonds. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 42, Chapter 4 and Title 42, Chapter 3."
description: "Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, confers certain powers on regional airport authorities to borrow money for corporate purposes and issue revenue bonds. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 42, Chapter 4 and Title 42, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Tennessee SB 20 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aircraft and Airports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill T", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35cbec28-675b-4730-ab04-053dcc751e49"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0020&GA=110"
source_hash: "89566edc7e7a72f6b279c42c683c6d1493d3edae8ce98f6168e199293cbe0772"
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 20 (110) — Aircraft and Airports - As enacted, confers certain powers on regional airport authorities to borrow money for corporate purposes and issue revenue bonds. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 42, Chapter 4 and Title 42, Chapter 3.

## 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/SB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/20/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/23/2017 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill T — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2017-01-30** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 128
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35cbec28-675b-4730-ab04-053dcc751e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).