---
type: "Bill"
title: "Accountants - As enacted, lowers the age of inactive licensees who may not have to pay a renewal fee pursuant to rules from over 70 years of age to 65 years of age and older. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 1."
description: "Accountants - As enacted, lowers the age of inactive licensees who may not have to pay a renewal fee pursuant to rules from over 70 years of age to 65 years of age and older. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2471"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2471 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Accountants"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hazlewood", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c64f568-3167-4b60-8fe9-e8a432f5615b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2471&GA=110"
source_hash: "2ac7bd3ef9aff77848f93afc6eebf2caac69e1c83f551e3ba9193fcfed7a86c1"
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 2471 (110) — Accountants - As enacted, lowers the age of inactive licensees who may not have to pay a renewal fee pursuant to rules from over 70 years of age to 65 years of age and older. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 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/SB2471.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hazlewood — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2018-02-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-13** Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Pub. Ch. 551
- **2018-03-13** Effective date(s) 03/09/2018
- **2018-03-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 551

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c64f568-3167-4b60-8fe9-e8a432f5615b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).