---
type: "Bill"
title: "Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to require its employees and contractors who have elevated and privileged access to data and personal information to submit to a background check to be performed by the TBI as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3."
description: "Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to require its employees and contractors who have elevated and privileged access to data and personal information to submit to a background check to be performed by the TBI as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2161"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2161 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Finance and Administration", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e9434ad-b777-4169-b509-c931f99785dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2161&GA=111"
source_hash: "41552e5f7a626e0ac5e6acf03021830030630ca6944fc955b96bd3681a255adf"
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 2161 (111) — Finance and Administration, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the department to require its employees and contractors who have elevated and privileged access to data and personal information to submit to a background check to be performed by the TBI as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3.

## 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/111/Bill/SB2161.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/25/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/1/2020 5/29/2020 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/27/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-25** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-03-03** Meeting Canceled. Reset on State Committee cal. for 3/10/20
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-10** Action def. in State Committee to 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 5/27/2020
- **2020-05-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
- **2020-05-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-06-01** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-06-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 689
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/11/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 689

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e9434ad-b777-4169-b509-c931f99785dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).