---
type: "Bill"
title: "Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, clarifies that renovations of memorials are excluded from the petition for waiver process under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016; excludes from coverage under the act buildings and structures that have reached the end of their useful lives and are approved for demolition by the state building commission; requires that prior to any decision to demolish a memorial designated as a national historic landmark or listed on the register of historic places, the historical commission make comments to the state building commission. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412."
description: "Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, clarifies that renovations of memorials are excluded from the petition for waiver process under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016; excludes from coverage under the act buildings and structures that have reached the end of their useful lives and are approved for demolition by the state building commission; requires that prior to any decision to demolish a memorial designated as a national historic landmark or listed on the register of historic places, the historical commission make comments to the state building commission. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 927"
citation: "Tennessee SB 927 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Historical Sites and Preservation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "McDaniel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa1b35c7-e738-495e-948b-2ba99df281e1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0927&GA=110"
source_hash: "bed6931b42152a65c471d1acfeac485e7e64862e171fa5050ac7189b91a8e47d"
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 927 (110) — Historical Sites and Preservation - As enacted, clarifies that renovations of memorials are excluded from the petition for waiver process under the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2016; excludes from coverage under the act buildings and structures that have reached the end of their useful lives and are approved for demolition by the state building commission; requires that prior to any decision to demolish a memorial designated as a national historic landmark or listed on the register of historic places, the historical commission make comments to the state building commission. - Amends TCA Section 4-1-412.

## 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/SB0927.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/5/2017 Passed (1) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- McDaniel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-13** Reset on cal. for 3/20/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-20** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0117) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 201
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 201
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa1b35c7-e738-495e-948b-2ba99df281e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).