---
type: "Bill"
title: "Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, renames Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016 to be the \"Falk Act.\" - Amends Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016."
description: "Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, renames Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016 to be the \"Falk Act.\" - Amends Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Tennessee SB 607 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guardians and Conservators"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lundberg", "McDaniel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5549ec5b-ece7-4a23-9508-415cb831963f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0607&GA=110"
source_hash: "415ab509b9663e7064fc76480d1d877c32c962e907cc27634d4ae4d24107d19a"
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 607 (110) — Guardians and Conservators - As enacted, renames Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016 to be the "Falk Act." - Amends Chapter 1062 of the Public Acts of 2016.

## 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/SB0607.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 3/13/2017 Passed — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/2/2017 Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2017 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lundberg — primary (person)
- McDaniel — 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`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-22** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/2/2017
- **2017-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2017
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0029)
- **2017-03-02** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/6/2017
- **2017-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-06** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0029) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-03-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-03-13** Senate concurred in House amendment 1
- **2017-03-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Pub. Ch. 24
- **2017-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/29/2017
- **2017-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5549ec5b-ece7-4a23-9508-415cb831963f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).