---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising - As enacted, establishes requirements for the location of outdoor advertising devices along an interstate or highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21."
description: "Advertising - As enacted, establishes requirements for the location of outdoor advertising devices along an interstate or highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 526"
citation: "Tennessee SB 526 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/081fa48e-c17d-4ab8-a674-5f6785c0ff35"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0526&GA=110"
source_hash: "afa68550623ede31cd619fc1db3115da3b9848e4c861ccbda022dd15ac67056f"
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 526 (110) — Advertising - As enacted, establishes requirements for the location of outdoor advertising devices along an interstate or highway. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 21.

## 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/SB0526.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **81–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/20/2017 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/23/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** 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 Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Refer to Senate Transportation & Safety Committee
- **2017-02-13** Recalled from Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-14** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Transportation Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action Def. in s/c Transportation Subcommittee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/23/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0133)
- **2017-03-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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 81, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0503) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **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. 398
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/18/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 398

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/081fa48e-c17d-4ab8-a674-5f6785c0ff35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).