---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Records - As enacted, revises the reviewing and reporting duties of the advisory committee on open government and the office of open records counsel. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6."
description: "Public Records - As enacted, revises the reviewing and reporting duties of the advisory committee on open government and the office of open records counsel. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2152"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2152 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6151a1-a7d8-4d43-abc4-d04427cf72f5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2152&GA=110"
source_hash: "443b6c8ec6fde7ac187e6fa3b44728a7f71041a717ebbccd9809f99a7fd15def"
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 2152 (110) — Public Records - As enacted, revises the reviewing and reporting duties of the advisory committee on open government and the office of open records counsel. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 4, Part 6.

## 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/SB2152.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1037) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **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** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar 4/19/18
- **2018-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1109)
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0868)
- **2018-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 897
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 897
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/03/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be6151a1-a7d8-4d43-abc4-d04427cf72f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).