---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Officials - As enacted, revises provisions governing bonds of public officers. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 1; Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 8, Chapter 8."
description: "Public Officials - As enacted, revises provisions governing bonds of public officers. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 1; Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 8, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Tennessee SB 394 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbc47f98-47fc-49d8-be53-3f234201040c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0394&GA=111"
source_hash: "a126cae738c75d3d004043eb97c3dbcb9d8bff5ff80371588f2a160c9793e846"
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 394 (111) — Public Officials - As enacted, revises provisions governing bonds of public officers. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 1; Title 8, Chapter 19 and Title 8, Chapter 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0057** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0057.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0257.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0394.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019 4/4/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-06** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** Reset on cal. for 4/17/19
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0057) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0257)
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 260
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 260

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbc47f98-47fc-49d8-be53-3f234201040c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).