---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to prohibit, by local resolution or ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote, smoking on the grounds of any playground owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17."
description: "Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to prohibit, by local resolution or ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote, smoking on the grounds of any playground owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Tennessee SB 9 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tobacco", "Tobacco Products"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Staples"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2020-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/935f9728-50f4-4b0d-937f-3dd145813594"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0009&GA=111"
source_hash: "449a41e7d818aa7cedd135d46a8c766c45afb0169b988bc33f37e8ada7877342"
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 9 (111) — Tobacco, Tobacco Products - As enacted, authorizes local governments to prohibit, by local resolution or ordinance adopted by two-thirds vote, smoking on the grounds of any playground owned or operated by the local government. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0058** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0058.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0004.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0009.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/11/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/2/2019 Passed — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/5/2019 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/26/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/13/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed — **64–25** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 2/27/2020 Passed — **74–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2018-12-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2019-01-09** P2C held on desk.
- **2019-01-10** Ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-19** Refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2019-01-23** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/5/2019
- **2019-02-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-07** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/11/2019
- **2019-02-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0004)
- **2019-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Reset on cal. for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0058) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 64, Nays 25, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Re-refer to Senate Commerce & Labor Committee
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Commerce & Labor Comm. 4/30/19
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Recommended non-concur in House Amendment 1, refer to Senate Clerk's Desk
- **2019-05-01** Senate refused to concur in amendment 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-05-02** Reset to 2020
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 27, Nays 3
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. appointed.( Staples, Ramsey, Moon, Whitson)
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee appointed. (Briggs, Johnson, Yarbro)
- **2019-05-02** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
- **2019-05-02** H. refused to recede from am. no. 1
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/2/19
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-02-27** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 74, Nays 14 PNV 5
- **2020-03-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-16** Pub. Ch. 529
- **2020-03-16** Effective date(s) 04/19/2020
- **2020-03-16** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 529

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/935f9728-50f4-4b0d-937f-3dd145813594`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).