---
type: "Bill"
title: "Police - As enacted, imposes certain requirements to report to POST commission and employing agency on officers arrested for any offense; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1."
description: "Police - As enacted, imposes certain requirements to report to POST commission and employing agency on officers arrested for any offense; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "Tennessee SB 459 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Matlock"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840a2014-7ebb-46fd-bb65-c5e4486d4ff5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0459&GA=110"
source_hash: "9bd0fb856510dbd11e8088e80c2e85f13f86571a57ea61ce6b9f8e3583f1203a"
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 459 (110) — Police - As enacted, imposes certain requirements to report to POST commission and employing agency on officers arrested for any offense; establishes minimum attendance requirement for commission members and requires removal of members who do not meet the requirement. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 38, Chapter 8, 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/SB0459.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/18/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Matlock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0351) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0472)
- **2017-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 301
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 301
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840a2014-7ebb-46fd-bb65-c5e4486d4ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).