---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Laws - As enacted, modifies composition of the board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States; specifies that all members of the board are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4."
description: "Uniform Laws - As enacted, modifies composition of the board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States; specifies that all members of the board are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 452"
citation: "Tennessee SB 452 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Carter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31128a14-d1ad-40d4-ad7a-6519ba9cdc71"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0452&GA=110"
source_hash: "40bdd8b7d95661563c202608e361c66f84603d67d453b72c0e3169ba6e57677c"
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 452 (110) — Uniform Laws - As enacted, modifies composition of the board of commissioners for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States; specifies that all members of the board are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. - Amends TCA Title 4.

## 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/SB0452.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/20/2017 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **77–6** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Carter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0087)
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-22** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0062) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-10** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 395
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 395

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31128a14-d1ad-40d4-ad7a-6519ba9cdc71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).