---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the governor to strive to appoint at least one person to the board of parole who has experience in corrections, probation, or parole; declares the governor the appointing authority for all board members. - Amends TCA Section 40-28-103."
description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the governor to strive to appoint at least one person to the board of parole who has experience in corrections, probation, or parole; declares the governor the appointing authority for all board members. - Amends TCA Section 40-28-103."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Tennessee SB 275 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris", "Parkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/820e04ad-5b84-43c6-a0aa-439ab5fe4c5b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0275&GA=110"
source_hash: "8f245bed0ec3f9861a803d33e26f3319d351e675ea87ece4647e70ac65522900"
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 275 (110) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, requires the governor to strive to appoint at least one person to the board of parole who has experience in corrections, probation, or parole; declares the governor the appointing authority for all board members. - Amends TCA Section 40-28-103.

## 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/SB0275.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 2/23/2017 Passed (1) — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **67–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/16/2017
- **2017-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-16** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/23/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0015)
- **2017-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/16/2017
- **2017-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Reset on cal. for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0028) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-20** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-27** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 19, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 108
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/07/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 108

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/820e04ad-5b84-43c6-a0aa-439ab5fe4c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).