---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the Robert Spicer Memorial Buck Dance Championship as the official buck dancing competition of the State of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3."
description: "Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the Robert Spicer Memorial Buck Dance Championship as the official buck dancing competition of the State of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Tennessee SB 56 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Naming and Designating"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb2020f4-e7aa-4b94-8ea5-480ba2f9f10a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0056&GA=111"
source_hash: "f155db9b94ddd41ccba76ddfc6625838cf16a333b43bda8b1f710c2545b3e7d5"
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 56 (111) — Naming and Designating - As enacted, designates the Robert Spicer Memorial Buck Dance Championship as the official buck dancing competition of the State of Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 1, Part 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/SB0056.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/21/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/18/2019 2/14/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/18/2019 Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate State and Local Government Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 2/12/2019 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/5/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-01-30** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 2/5/2019
- **2019-02-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/14/2019
- **2019-02-14** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/18/2019
- **2019-02-18** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/21/2019
- **2019-02-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-02-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-02-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-02-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-02-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-02-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2
- **2019-03-08** Pub. Ch. 2
- **2019-03-08** Effective date(s) 03/07/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb2020f4-e7aa-4b94-8ea5-480ba2f9f10a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).