---
type: "Bill"
title: "Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to issue various types of special permits, up to five in a license year, to nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations, rather than to issue only special elk-take permits to such organizations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 2."
description: "Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to issue various types of special permits, up to five in a license year, to nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations, rather than to issue only special elk-take permits to such organizations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Tennessee SB 439 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Game and Fish Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Faison"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31c784f1-8097-4144-93d6-18d8e891ff1e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0439&GA=111"
source_hash: "17574d66c703c833450061bb21c428c2ee6b5173b009558ea3147361caaae229"
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 439 (111) — Game and Fish Laws - As enacted, authorizes executive director of the Tennessee wildlife resources agency to issue various types of special permits, up to five in a license year, to nonprofit wildlife conservation organizations, rather than to issue only special elk-take permits to such organizations. - Amends TCA Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0023.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0024.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0439.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: 2/20/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee 2/19/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/27/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/5/2019 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Faison — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0024)
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0023) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 65
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 03/28/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 65

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31c784f1-8097-4144-93d6-18d8e891ff1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).