---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising - As enacted, revises various provisions governing outdoor advertising; renames the Billboard Regulation and Control Act to be the Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17 and Title 54, Chapter 21."
description: "Advertising - As enacted, revises various provisions governing outdoor advertising; renames the Billboard Regulation and Control Act to be the Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17 and Title 54, Chapter 21."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2188"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2188 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-02-03"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ee18c2-fc2d-4557-94a2-f62b82086db1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2188&GA=111"
source_hash: "89551bd4f85cdc9572f70a7a2166d5c3f14751d89bf4842dd5c7c650b7766288"
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 2188 (111) — Advertising - As enacted, revises various provisions governing outdoor advertising; renames the Billboard Regulation and Control Act to be the Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020. - Amends TCA Title 54, Chapter 17 and Title 54, Chapter 21.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0659.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0660.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0683.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0629.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0654.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0687** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0687.pdf)
7. **Amendment SA0688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0688.pdf)
8. **Amendment SA0694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0694.pdf)
9. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2188.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/18/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/18/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 4, 3, 5 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 6/11/2020 Passed — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/11/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Rule 39(3) Motion to Adopt Amend# 5 by Massey 6/4/2020 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/18/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2020 Passed (1) — **89–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee 3/4/2020 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/11/2020 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## 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 Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Infrastructure Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Infrastructure Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate Transportation and Safety Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/11/2020
- **2020-03-04** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2020-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-11** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0660) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-19** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0659) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA0683) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0654)
- **2020-06-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0629)
- **2020-06-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 5 - SA0694)
- **2020-06-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0687)
- **2020-06-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 4 - SA0688)
- **2020-06-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-10** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 6/11/20
- **2020-06-11** H. concurred in S. am. no. 4, 3, 5 Ayes 84, Nays 0
- **2020-06-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 706
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 706
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85ee18c2-fc2d-4557-94a2-f62b82086db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).