---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act\". -"
description: "Tourism - As enacted, enacts the \"Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act\". -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 679"
citation: "Tennessee SB 679 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2c7f2ae-0066-49df-84da-c19bca464efb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0679&GA=111"
source_hash: "362b9ad4af4c9f3fe1a73badb987a117a799153c77e0f34fb5ce5664abf53840"
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 679 (111) — Tourism - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act". -

## 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/SB0679.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/30/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/30/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/30/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 3/5/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/11/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/27/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to State Committee-- Government Operations Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
- **2019-03-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2019-03-20** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-30** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 384
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019; 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 384

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2c7f2ae-0066-49df-84da-c19bca464efb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).