---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, deletes provisions regarding the Tennessee economic council on women, which ceased to exist June 30, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 38-6-114; Section 50-2-207 and Section 68-1-1803."
description: "Sunset Laws - As enacted, deletes provisions regarding the Tennessee economic council on women, which ceased to exist June 30, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 38-6-114; Section 50-2-207 and Section 68-1-1803."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Tennessee SB 241 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sunset Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7f85bf-ce46-4001-9e4f-91e671e1b482"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0241&GA=110"
source_hash: "cee0432bd8afcd9d9e899471598893d5973d85abce3d32f0a7a33822cd5b0a89"
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 241 (110) — Sunset Laws - As enacted, deletes provisions regarding the Tennessee economic council on women, which ceased to exist June 30, 2016. - Amends TCA Title 4; Section 38-6-114; Section 50-2-207 and Section 68-1-1803.

## 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/SB0241.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/8/2017 Passed (1) — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — 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 Government Operations Committee `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 Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 326
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 326

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7f85bf-ce46-4001-9e4f-91e671e1b482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).