---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, Part 1."
description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Tennessee SB 240 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Howell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135b7e13-8bde-45df-8c9e-daeb6ae1e7b8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0240&GA=110"
source_hash: "75c0ce33e85661b52715fe3a52d6c67f8c03f1bd5cc0e6f36907962bc92f1a08"
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 240 (110) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, authorizes the governor to appoint persons to fill positions on certain boards from lists of nominees submitted by interested groups, instead of requiring appointments to be made from such lists. - Amends TCA Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 2; Title 63, Chapter 13, Part 3 and Title 63, Chapter 23, 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/SB0240.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/21/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee 3/8/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-30** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 211
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 211

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135b7e13-8bde-45df-8c9e-daeb6ae1e7b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).